Grace Vandecruze

Ms. Vandecruze is the Founder and Managing Director of Grace Global Capital LLC, a financial services firm specializing in financial advisory, restructuring, and valuation services to corporations and organizations worldwide. Throughout her career, Ms. Vandecruze has executed over $25 billion in M&A and financing transactions. She brings extensive expertise in mergers and acquisitions and capital-raising in both the private and public markets for financial institutions. From 1999 to 2006, she served as Managing Director at Swiss Re, responsible for the firm’s regulatory advisory practice in the insurance and financial services industries. Prior to joining Swiss Re, Ms. Vandecruze was a Vice President at a private equity firm specializing in the insurance industry and an Associate in the Financial Institutions Group at Merrill Lynch.

She is a thought leader and keynote speaker and has been featured in numerous publications including the books Doing it for Ourselves: Success Stories of African-American Women and Be Happy at Work: 100 Women Who Love Their Jobs, and Why.  In addition, she is the author of the book, Homeless to Millionaire, 6 Keys to Financial Abundance. Ms. Vandecruze was awarded “Woman to Watch” by Business Insurance magazine in 2019 and “Corporate Woman of the Year” by Pace University in 2018.

Ms. Vandecruze serves as a director at PIMCO Closed End Funds, Resolution Holdings and The Doctors Company. She also serves on the Wharton Graduate Executive Board. Ms. Vandecruze received a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Pace University and an MBA in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. She is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the AICPA.