Paul Liska is a respected Illinois investment leader who has engaged in board positions with a variety of New York-based private equity firms. He has been effective in identifying opportunities and overseeing the remediation and growth of portfolio companies. Among the businesses to which Paul Liska has provided strategic guidance are Renaissance Reinsurance and APAC Customer Services.
Building on executive leadership experience with companies such as Specialty Foods Corporation and Kraft General Foods, Paul Liska accepted chief financial officer responsibilities with The St. Paul Companies in the late 1990s. His work with the Saint Paul, Minnesota-based casualty insurance business not only included all typical CFO responsibilities but also managing the full range of investment activities within a $27 billion portfolio. Additionally, Paul Liska oversaw the Personal Lines and Surety businesses.
He next joined Sears, Roebuck and Company, where he oversaw the full range of credit business activities. Among his achievements was overseeing the sale of the business to Citigroup in a transaction that exceeded $9 billion in value.
Paul Liska holds a BBA with an accounting concentration from the University of Notre Dame and earned his master's in management at Northwestern University.
