DUBLIN, OH — February 6, 2026 — Jeff Cope, Founder & Senior Managing Director at JACO Advisory Group, has earned the Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP) accreditation. Mr. Cope joins an international community of professionals who have demonstrated that they are dedicated to the highest standards of the turnaround and restructuring consulting profession.
The CTP designation is a highly valued and objective measure of a turnaround professional’s experience, knowledge, and integrity that is deemed necessary to conduct corporate renewal work. As a CTP, a turnaround professional is recognized as possessing a proven track record and years of experience working with companies and large business units in financial crisis. To attain the certification, candidates must hold, or have held, positions such as CEO, Chief Restructuring Officer, Turnaround Team Leader, Receiver, or Interim Manager during a turnaround.
Mr. Cope’s accreditation reflects more than 30 years of hands-on operating and advisory experience. He currently serves as Chief Restructuring Officer on active engagements and leads JACO’s turnaround and restructuring, succession and exit planning, growth strategies, and advisory services practices for closely held, family-owned, and private equity-backed businesses.
To become a CTP, Mr. Cope met requirements in three areas:
- Education: Holds a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited university.
- Experience: Has acted as a C-Suite executive, CRO, Receiver, Trustee, or Turnaround Leader across multiple engagements of significant size, serving in these roles for at least four years in the aggregate.
- Knowledge: Passed the accounting/finance, legal, and management certification examinations.
“Turnaround work is earned in the field, not in theory,” said Jeff Cope. “The CTP measures exactly what our clients and their lenders rely on, operators who have carried P&L responsibility and led companies through financial stress, not consultants handing over recommendations. Earning it reinforces how we work every day: rolling up our sleeves to stabilize the business and chart a path back to profitability.”
