Paul V. Scura was the former executive vice president and head of the investment bank of Prudential Securities, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, from 1986 to 2000. He was responsible for the firm's efforts in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and reorganization, private finance, high-yield finance and all international and US investment banking. Scura also sat on the business review committee (the firm's investment banking screening committee) and was a member of the firm's operating council. He was a voting member of the investment committee of four separate private equity funds and Prudential Securities merchant banking fund, Prudential-Bache Interfunding. In February 1998, he joint ventured with the former EMI/Capitol Music chairman Charles Koppelman for musicians to cash in on music royalties.
Scura received an A.B. degree in economics from Villanova University and an M.B.A. degree in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Scura is a trustee of the Seton Hall Preparatory School, and sat on the Business Schools Advisory Board at Villanova University. Scura began his professional career with J.P. Morgan & Co. in 1975, where he spent 11 years in both New York and London. Scura is the co-founder along with former governor James Florio and Keith D. Sernick, former deputy treasurer of Nassau County, NY of Xspand, Inc., a consulting and applications software provider, which was acquired by Bear Stearns in 2006.
He currently is managing director of Dornoch Holdings, LLC, a real estate and development company which invests in special situation real estate opportunities. In 2001, he founded Scura Partners Securities LLC, a boutique investment bank in New York City.
He currently is the non-executive chairman of Private Club Links, LLC.