Jared D. Yerian
Senior board advisorsSenior Board Advisor, Penomic

Jared D. Yerian

CFA, CIRA, CDBV

Former Partner, McKinsey & Company

Transformation and finance executive who has served as CFO, CRO and board advisor through complex financial and operational transformations, restructurings and M&A.

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McKinseyPartner and co-founder of the global Recovery & Transformation Services practice
$400M+Revenue of the RTS practice he helped build, with 140+ professionals
30+ yrsIn finance, transformation and restructuring, from bank treasury to the boardroom
CFO · CROC-level and board roles through transformations, Chapter 11 and M&A

About Jared

Jared Yerian has spent more than three decades where finance, operations and governance meet under pressure. At McKinsey & Company he was a Partner and one of five people who founded the firm’s global Recovery & Transformation Services practice, building it across North America, EMEA, Asia and South America to more than 140 client-service professionals and over $400 million in revenue.

He has led clients through financial and operational transformations, Chapter 11 proceedings and stakeholder negotiations, served in C-level roles and advised management teams, boards and creditors. He later built the restructuring practice at Oliver Wyman as Senior Partner and Co-Lead of Transformation, and is now Partner and Co-Founder of Seascape Capital Partners, an advisory firm that brings AI-enhanced solutions to complex operational and financial challenges.

At Penomic he advises the board on financial methodology and select client engagements: how a firm’s definitions, models and decision rights should be made explicit so that people and agents apply them the same way.

Career

  1. 2026 to present
    PenomicSenior Board Advisor

    Advises the board on financial methodology and select client engagements.

  2. 2024 to present
    Seascape Capital PartnersPartner and Co-Founder

    Advisory firm bringing AI-enhanced solutions to complex operational and financial challenges; advisory, management and board roles.

  3. 2017 to present
    Chapter IV AdvisorsFounder and Managing Member

    C-suite, board and investor engagements in transformation, turnaround and due diligence.

  4. 2021 to 2023
    Oliver WymanSenior Partner, Co-Lead of Transformation

    Built the restructuring practice and its market presence; advised on transformations, strategy, M&A and insolvency.

  5. 2018 to 2020
    RiveronFounding Partner, Recovery & Transformation

    Built the service line from scratch; supported the sale of the firm to H.I.G. and the acquisition of Conway MacKenzie.

  6. 2016 to 2017
    M-III PartnersManaging Director, Co-Lead of Restructuring

    Led restructuring advisory and a large consumer-goods transformation.

  7. 2011 to 2016
    McKinsey & CompanyPartner and Practice Leader, Recovery & Transformation Services

    One of five founders of RTS globally. Led engagements including Edison Mission Energy through Chapter 11 and its sale to NRG Energy, and built RTS in the Middle East, Asia and South America.

  8. 1999 to 2011
    AlixPartnersManaging Director

    Restructuring and crisis management for Fortune 500 and middle-market clients, including Calpine’s reorganization; served as CFO of an insolvent manufacturer through a sale.

  9. 1993 to 1999
    Oak Brook BankAssistant Treasurer

    Managed a $500 million portfolio and the bank’s daily asset and liability position.

Research by Jared

All Penomic Research
Flagship paperThe institutional intelligence gapRead the paper AI adoptionWhy AI pilots stall after the demoRead the paper Agent governanceGovern the agent through the institution's decision rightsRead the paper Data and definitionsOne number, five definitionsRead the paper Commercial lendingCredit decisions live in the exceptionsRead the paper Investment bankingWhat the senior banker knows that the pitch book does notRead the paper

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