Joe Parzick joined The Cypress Group in June 2003. He spent the previous four years as a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley's financial sponsor group, where he led client teams for a number of the largest US private-equity funds. Immediately prior, he was a Managing Director of EXOR America Inc., a merchant-banking affiliate of the Agnelli Group. In this capacity, he worked on new acquisitions, monitored existing portfolio companies and served on several boards, including Riverwood International. Mr. Parzick spent the first 12 years of his career at Lehman Brothers, where he was named a Managing Director and the co-head of the financial sponsor group. He holds a BS from The University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. |