Allen Yurko

Bio

Mr Yurko joined DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (“DLJMB”) in 2007 as the European Industrial Partner and is based in London. Prior to DLJMB, Mr Yurko was at Compass Partners, where he served from 2002-2007 as an Operating Partner and Director focused on industrial, electronic and general manufacturing buyouts. While at Compass he served as Chairman of three successful buyouts; SSD Drives plc, FlaktWoods AG and ECO Group SpA . Prior to Compass, Mr Yurko was the CEO of Invensys plc, which was formed through the merger of Siebe and BTR in 1999. Before this, he served at Siebe as a VP, President, COO and finally as CEO between 1993 and 1999. Prior to Siebe, Mr Yurko served as the CFO of Mueller Holdings Inc, where he was the financial architect of Mueller’s leveraged buyout from the Mueller family and its subsequent sale to Tyco in 1988. His early career was in finance and accounting at Eaton Corporation and Joy Manufacturing. He is currently a Board member of Guala Closures SpA and has previously been a Board member of 18 other public and private companies in a total of 7 countries. Mr Yurko holds a Bachelors of Business and Economics from Lehigh University and an MBA from Baldwin-Wallace College.