An accomplished financial professional, Claire Gruppo has a leadership background in investment banking that extends four decades. Leading Gruppo, Levey & Co., which became GLC Partners, Claire Gruppo oversaw a wide range of mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on the direct marketing industry. She now serves as senior managing director of Terra Nova Capital Partners (which her previous firm merged with in 2018) and oversees equity and debt investments, as well as M&A arrangements.

Having started professionally with Holt, Rinehart & Winston as an assistant editor in the late 1970s, Ms. Gruppo held various positions in the media and publishing verticals over the next decade. As Diversion Communications vice president of development, she repackaged and repurposed custom travel content published in magazines specific to advertisers such as Ford and Hertz. She next managed the American Express Publishing magazine division and expanded its reach beyond the flagship Travel & Leisure and Food & Wine publications. Ms. Gruppo’s vision spurred the creation of magazines for specific card members, including Departures, which is an ongoing publication.

Claire Gruppo maintains a prominent voice in her profession and has regularly sponsored and presented at conferences spanning marketing, multi-channel retail, and private equity investing. She enjoys reading nonfiction and collecting American folk art in her free time.

Claire Gruppo