JOSEPH A. MUSCAT Partner & Director, Americas Cleantech Network Ernst & Young LLP

Joseph Muscat is Partner and Director of the Americas Cleantech Network, a multidisciplinary team of professionals across the US, Canada, Israel and Brazil serving biofuel, solar, energy efficiency, battery, water and other cleantech  organizations. The Network was established to assist in bringing cross industry expertise to companies looking to benefit from cleantech innovation. Muscat is currently also a member of the Global task force to develop Ernst & Young’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services.

Muscat was a co-founder of Ernst & Young’s Americas Cleantech Network while serving as Ernst & Young’s Americas Director of the Venture Capital Advisory Group. In this role, he coordinated the firm’s relationships with leading US venture capital firms and worked with the regional colleagues and clients to analyze changing market conditions and regulatory environments.  

Muscat’s clients have included global public and private investors, Fortune 500 companies and high-growth start-up companies across multiple industries, including energy, utilities, telecommunications, technology and life sciences. His specific client engagements range from business and revenue model planning to capital market readiness to board advisory to venture capital financing to debt restructuring.

Previously, Muscat served as the Managing Director of the Ernst & Young Corporate Finance practice. In this position, he advised companies on strategic transaction opportunities, including initial public offerings, private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring divestitures and strategic alliances.

Muscat has been asked to speak to industry and governmental groups about the opportunities and challenges facing innovative high growth companies. He has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Nightly Business Report, the Money Message and other media.

Based in Palo Alto, California, Muscat has also worked in Auckland, New Zealand.  He holds a B.S. in Commerce and Accounting with Honors from Santa Clara University and is a member of the AICPA and California Society of CPAs.