James Renna
InvestorSenior Advisor, Portfolio Operations at Kingswood
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James Renna is a Senior Advisor for Portfolio Operations at Kingswood Capital Management, where he supports business strategy and operations across the firm's portfolio companies and works with the investment team and operating executives. He previously spent nearly a decade at the Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company overseeing Cerberus-controlled portfolio companies across healthcare services, biotech, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, media, and retail. Earlier in his career he founded and led Capital Leaps, an advisory group for middle-market private equity firms, and served as Chief Restructuring Officer at MCI Communications/WorldCom during its restructuring and sale to Verizon; he holds a BS from Princeton University and an MBA from Duke University.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Renna?
- James Renna is a Senior Advisor for Portfolio Operations at Kingswood Capital Management, where he supports business strategy and operations across the firm's portfolio companies and works with the investment team and operating executives. He previously spent nearly a decade at the Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company overseeing Cerberus-controlled portfolio companies across healthcare services, biotech, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, media, and retail. Earlier in his career he founded and led Capital Leaps, an advisory group for middle-market private equity firms, and served as Chief Restructuring Officer at MCI Communications/WorldCom during its restructuring and sale to Verizon; he holds a BS from Princeton University and an MBA from Duke University.
- Where does James Renna work?
- James Renna is Senior Advisor, Portfolio Operations at Kingswood.








