Marino Petropoulos

Principal

Mr. Petropoulos will lead and manage client engagements providing accounting expertise to transactions for private equity and corporate clients.

Mr. Petropoulos joins Palm Tree with over 30 years of experience including financial due diligence (buy- and sell-side), carve-outs, internal control and system evaluations, preparation of purchase accounting and opening balance sheet entries, year-end audit preparation, and working capital disputes and adjustments.  His experience spans a variety of industries, including automotive, manufacturing, distribution, and services.

Prior to joining Palm Tree, Marino was the Chief Financial Officer at Slidematic Products; Managing Director in the Transaction Advisory Services of FTI’s Corporate Finance practice; Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for Alternative Resources Corporation (publicly traded); and an Audit Senior at Ernst & Young.

Marino is a CPA and received his B.S. in Accountancy from DePaul University.  Outside of work, Marino enjoys 80’s music, traveling to beach destinations, cruises, and spending time with his large extended family which includes 31 first cousins.

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Pardis Nasseri

Chairman and CEO

Derek Alderton

Vice Chairman

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Tracy Albert

Vice Chairman, Investment Banking

Clayton Grindle

President and Chief Operations Officer

David Wolinsky

Chief Talent Officer

Ryan Kanaley

Chief Financial Officer

Chris Felderman

Senior Managing Director,
Co-Head of Consulting

Mitchel Nakken

Senior Managing Director,
Co-Head of Consulting

Stephen E. Rossi

Senior Managing Director,
Head of Investment Banking

David M.V. Barnes

Managing Director, Head of M&A

Britt Terrell

Managing Director,
Head of Capital Markets

Phillip Cooper

Managing Director

Spencer Hong

Managing Director

Rouzheen Myrick

Managing Director

Vincent Nguyen

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Steven Richards

Managing Director

Dulce Martinez

Head of Client Coverage

Rishi Chellani

Director

Nick Fedorchak

Director

Matt Murray

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M. Charles Festa

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Dieema Wheaton

Director, Talent Management

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Danny Arnaout

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Stephanie Kersey

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Kathleen Obiala

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Michael Sieglen

Senior Vice President

Joseph Wade

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Careers with Palm Tree

We have select positions available at all levels of our organization. Contact us for a confidential discussion about joining a firm that L.A. Business Journal named among L.A.'s most influential M&A advisors.

Exposure to projects and opportunities to work closely with clients offers Palm Tree employees lateral and progressive advancement inside the firm.

We currently have positions available within the organization for employees of top accounting and consulting firms and for recent graduates.