Joseph Sevely has served as Chief Financial Officer of Gracie Point since 2019. In this role, he leads the firm’s financial management including its capital structure, financial reporting, planning, and cash management. He also oversees the legal and human resources functions and is a member of Gracie Point’s Operating Committee. 

Mr. Sevely has a long and distinguished career in financial risk management, including direct management of myriad complex and successful transactions. Prior to Gracie Point, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Cutwater Asset Management (now known as Insight Investment), a fixed income asset management firm, and publicly traded Aspen Group. 

Previously, he was Head of the Consumer Asset Backed Securities Group at MBIA Inc. He executed several prominent transactions there, including lead financial guarantor for the leveraged buyout of Hertz, which was recognized by Asset Securitization Report as “Deal of the Year.”

Mr. Sevely also served as Treasurer and Head of Market Risk at MBIA. He started his career on Wall Street at Merrill Lynch and predecessor firms to Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan. Additionally, he has served as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University.

Mr. Sevely holds an S.B. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.