John Scannell
Mr. Scannell is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and is responsible for oversight of financial controls, systems and operations. In addition, Mr. Scannell is the in-house advisor to legal matters regarding structured products. Prior to joining Hildene, Mr. Scannell worked in the structured finance market for the past ten years. His most recent position was a Vice President in the CDO structuring group at Citigroup. At Citigroup Mr. Scannell provided on-desk legal, structuring, documentation, compliance and administration support for the CDO structuring business. Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Scannell was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP where he represented a variety of issuers and underwriters in transactions involving collateralized debt obligations, asset-backed securities and other securities issued in publicly registered transactions and private placements. Prior to his work at Skadden Mr. Scannell worked as a litigator for Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Before attending law school, Mr. Scannell was financial controller for the New York division of a Fortune 500 medical services company, responsible for financial controls and operations. Mr. Scannell has a Juris Doctorate and graduated cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 1996 and has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from San Diego State University in 1987