Bio

Carl joined Peninsula Capital in 2017 to augment the Portfolio Management team. In this role, Carl both leads and assists on various portfolio management activities, including liaising and coordinating with portfolio company management teams and Peninsula investment managers to ensure the firm receives all required reporting information on a timely and accurate basis. He also prepares numerous reports and analyses regarding fund-level and investment-level performance. Mr. Russo’s experience prior to Peninsula includes more than 20 years of broad corporate and manufacturing accounting experience, with positions of increasing authority. He has spent a good portion of his career in the automotive supplier industry, including roles with Aeroquip-Inoac, TI Automotive and Metaldyne. He also has several years of experience in the kitchen and bath fixtures and professional employer organization (PEO) industries. Immediately prior to joining Peninsula Capital, Carl was the V.P. of Finance at Smith Brothers Tool, an aerospace tooling company where he was responsible for all aspects of the company’s financial management, benefits administration and human resources.