# David M. Perkal

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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Accounting

Joined Stern 2008

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Leonard N. Stern School of Business

Kaufman Management Center

44 West Fourth Street, 10-180

New York, NY 10012

## About David M. Perkal

David M. Perkal is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting, at New York University Stern School of Business.

Prior to founding Swanhill Capital LLC, a private equity firm focused on the health care industry, he assisted numerous middle market companies raise senior and subordinated debt for a variety of needs including recapitalizations, turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions, LBOs and general corporate purposes. He began his career in leveraged finance as an investment banker in the high yield group at Fleet Securities, Inc. and subsequently spent several years at GE Capital Corporation and The CIT Group, Inc.

## Departments

- Accounting

## Areas of Expertise

- Accounting
    - Financial Accounting
    - Financial Statement Analysis

## Courses Taught

- Financial Modeling and Analysis
- Financial Statement Modeling
- Modeling Financial Statements
- Principles of Financial Accounting

## Academic Background

- **M.B.A., Finance and Accounting, 2000**
    - New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business
- **M.A., International Economics and European Studies, 1995**
    - The Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
- **B.A., Economics and Italian Studies, 1993**
    - Brandeis University