GEORGE N. SKEGAS

George N. Skegas is a Senior Adviser to Cooper Investment Partners. During his career, George has completed over 40 transactions involving more than $2.5 billion of invested capital across a wide spectrum of debt and equity securities. Prior to joining CIP, George was a founding Managing Partner at Catalyst Equity Partners and a Managing Principal at Heller Investments, two private equity funds focusing on investments in middle market companies that were executing financial restructurings or operational turnarounds. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President and Origination Manager for Heller Financial’s Structured Finance Group. He also served as a Captain in the U.S. Army in several command assignments.

George earned an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and a B.A. in Economics from the John Hopkins University.