Mr. Galbato is the Chief Executive Officer of Cerberus Operations, the Firm’s operations platform. He oversees the platform’s operating executives and functional experts to integrate operating expertise within Cerberus’ portfolio companies and investment strategies.

He serves on the Board of Directors of various Cerberus portfolio companies, including Electrical Components International, FirstKey Homes, and Albertsons Companies, where he is Co-Chairman. Mr. Galbato held Board memberships for prior Cerberus investments, including Chairman of Avon Products, Chairman of YP, Chairman of North American Bus Industries, Chairman of Guilford Mills, Director of New Avon, Director of Tower International, and Director of DynCorp International. Separately, he served as the Lead Director for Brady, a publicly-traded manufacturing company.

Prior to joining Cerberus in 2009, Mr. Galbato was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Controls Division of Invensys plc and separately, was the President of Services at The Home Depot. Mr. Galbato also held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong Floor Products and prior to that, was the Chief Executive Officer of Choice Parts. He spent 14 years with General Electric, holding several operating and GE Finance leadership positions within their various industrial divisions as well as holding the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of Coregis, a GE Capital company. Before beginning his corporate career, he played professional baseball with the Montreal Expos in their minor league system.

Mr. Galbato graduated from the State University of New York and received an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.