Rick Surett

Executive summary

Rick Surett is the chief financial officer (CFO) at Grant Thornton and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is an accomplished financial executive with nearly 30 years of experience across private equity-backed companies, public markets and complex capital structures.

Before joining Grant Thornton, Surett served as CFO of Transportation Equipment Network, the largest full-service trailer leasing company in North America. In this role, he led the implementation of a function-led, geographically agnostic shared services model, significantly improving operational efficiency and scalability. Prior to that, he held several leadership roles at Ports America, including CFO, and served as director of corporate development at Avaya. Surett began his career in public accounting and later worked in both commercial and investment banking at Bank of America and Citigroup.

Education

Surett holds an MBA in finance from the State University of New York at Albany and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Siena College in Loudonville, NY.