Oesterle To Deliver Commencement Address
Steven Oesterle, chair and chief executive officer of former New
York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s investment banking firm Giuliani
Capital Advisors, will deliver the 2007 Alma College commencement
address.
Oesterle, a 1975 graduate of Alma College, also will receive an
honorary Doctor of Letters degree during ceremonies for 243 graduation
candidates.
Commencement takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21 in Cappaert
Gymnasium in the Hogan Physical Education Center. A baccalaureate
service precedes graduation at 10:30 a.m. in Dunning Memorial Chapel.
In addition to his work with Giuliani Capital Advisors, Oesterle is
partner and managing director at Giuliani Partners LLC, a management
consulting firm, and chief executive officer of Bio-One (TM).
Previously he was vice chair of Ernst & Young, where he had
responsibility for the corporate finance practice, which included the
financial strategy and transaction solutions businesses.
Oesterle has an extensive background in strategic consulting, financing
placement and mergers and acquisitions advisory work. He has more than
25 years experience in strategic planning and transactions and has been
the advisor to numerous companies with acquisitions, divestitures,
financing strategies and other deal structures.
He also has advised clients on more than 100 completed transactions in
the automotive, retail, chemicals, industrial products, consumer
products and distribution industries.
Oesterle grew up on a farm in Mason. He says the skills he gained at
Alma were a key element of his professional success, including “the
ability to understand what drives other people, and to put myself in
their shoes” and “building relationships and establishing two-way
trust.”
He emphasizes the importance that mentors have played in his career accomplishments.
“Throughout my career, I have been blessed with a small number of
talented, caring professionals who have taken the time to help me
develop leadership skills,” he says.
He met his wife, Michelle Andrews, at Alma. The 1976 music graduate is
the children’s choir director at New York City’s Marble Collegiate
Church, sings with the Juilliard Choral Union, and has sung
professionally at Carnegie Hall and with the New York City Ballet. They
have two sons, Matthew and Adam.
Posted: Mon, April 9th, 2007 at 10:14AM
