Antonella Puca

Antonella Puca, CFA, CPA/ABV is a Partner with BlueVal in New York. Antonella specializes in the valuation of private equity and venture-backed companies for financial and tax reporting, M&A transactions, buy-sell agreements, estate planning and litigation purposes. Prior to BlueVal, Antonella has held positions at various valuation advisory firms, and as an auditor in financial services at KPMG, EY and RSM in San Francisco and New York.

Antonella is currently serving as a member of ABV Credential Committee of the AICPA and as a CFA volunteer in the area of exam development. She has served on the Business Valuation Committee of the AICPA, as a member of AIMA’s research committee and as a director of the board and treasurer of the CFA Society of New York. She has served at CFA Institute as a volunteer in the area of curriculum review, CFA exam grading and practice analysis, as a judge in the CFA Institute Research Challenge, and as a director in the ethics and professional standards group. Antonella is currently serving as a board member of Snehacares Inc. and Patrons of the World's Children Hospital.

Antonella is a frequent presenter and author on valuation and alternative investment topics. She holds the CFA charter, is licensed as a CPA in California and in New York, accredited in Business Valuation by the AICPA and is a member of the American Society of Appraisers. She received the 2021 Volunteer of the Year - Valuation Services Award of the AICPA.

Antonella graduated in Economics, with honors, at the University Federico II of Naples, Italy with a thesis in Public Finance and has a Master of Law Studies in Taxation from NYU Law School. She has been a research fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has held the Italian national title in the 420 sailing class for Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia.