Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Paul Grinberg serves Encore Capital Group as Group Executive, International and Corporate Development. In this role, oversees Encore’s European and Latin American operations along with corporate development responsibilities. He is responsible for maximizing our international subsidiaries’ contribution to Encore, and identifying suitable portfolios and businesses to further diversify and strengthen the company. Previously, Mr. Grinberg served as Encore’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. During one of the most challenging times in the worldwide credit markets, Mr. Grinberg successfully raised more than $375 million in debt financing for Encore, at favorable terms, enabling us to take advantage of very strong purchasing opportunities. Moreover, Mr. Grinberg significantly enhanced our presence in the investment community, reflected in new sell-side analyst coverage with strong ratings.

Prior to joining Encore, Mr. Grinberg served as President of Brio Consulting Group, a company he founded that provided financial strategy and consulting services to private equity and venture-backed companies. Before that, Mr. Grinberg served as Chief Financial Officer of Stellcom, Inc., a systems integration firm focused on providing mobile and wireless engineering solutions to Fortune 1000 companies, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TeleSpectrum Worldwide, Inc., a publicly traded company that provided outsourced call center solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Grinberg began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, ultimately becoming a partner in the firm’s Merger and Acquisition Services Group. Mr. Grinberg is currently a director of Bank of Internet USA (NASDAQ: BOFI), a FDIC insured, internet-only bank.

Mr. Grinberg earned a MBA (graduating Beta Gamma Sigma) from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting (graduating magna cum laude) from Yeshiva University.