Joe Rizzi is Senior Strategist at CapGen, a New York based private equity firm. For 24 years before joining CapGen, Mr. Rizzi was a member of the ABN AMRO Group or its U.S. affiliate, LaSalle Bank. He most recently served as Managing Director of LaSalle Bank Corporation’s Enterprise Risk Management unit for North America.
During his tenure with the ABN AMRO Group, Mr. Rizzi worked in several areas of the company. He began his career there with Secured Lending and Leasing and then joined the Corporate Banking group. From 1986 through 2000, he was a leading member of the Strategic Planning, Structured Finance or Leveraged Finance teams located in Chicago. In 2001, he began his role as a group head in Amsterdam. Over the next five years, Mr. Rizzi alternated working at ABN AMRO in Amsterdam and New York City, focusing on Group Risk Management, Asset and Liability Management as well as Country Management.
He is a widely published author and has lectured to various professional organizations in Europe and the United States. He taught regularly at the Amsterdam Institute of Finance and at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business.
Mr. Rizzi graduated summa cum laude from DePaul University, earned an M.B.A from the University of Chicago, and received a J.D. degree magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School.