David Wise Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia Area

I’m in charge of a dynamic team working to maximize $15B worth of strategic investments. My job is to direct the development and implementation of innovative solutions that deliver attractive stakeholder returns while minimizing risk. To achieve results, I develop individual and team capabilities, develop and deliver category and competitive analysis, and make recommendations to enhance our investments. Additionally, my team shares responsibility for shaping Altria’s adjacency strategy beyond nicotine which involves crafting foundational strategy and objectives, category and target identification, and ultimately recommendations on capital allocation and execution. Key Achievements: ● Investment Management: Successfully managed $15B+ in strategic investments, positioning the company to achieve long-term growth by leveraging unique positioning to achieve competitive advantage within crowded marketplace● Strategic Growth: Identified areas to pursue attractive growth, leveraging company capabilities to drive value creation● Building Teams: Enabling team to optimize performance by fostering an environment centered on communication, inclusivity, and accountability while also providing clarity on individual impact to enterprise initiatives.

Richmond, Virginia

Earlier in my career, I executed a broad set of growth-related responsibilities. My role included leading the annual strategic planning process, creating enterprise frameworks for pursuing growth, and providing internal consulting to drive business unit growth and efficiencies. My accountabilities were also heavily focused on using M&A and external investments to drive growth. Finally, I also led our in-house venturing arm to locate investments that strengthened and extended our business unit product portfolios.Key Achievements:● M&A & Strategic Partnerships: Led / participated in executing ~$30B+ worth of full deal cycle M&A and investments, joint ventures, and other structured partnerships across multiple consumer goods segments● Minority Investments: Co-led ~13B in strategic minority investments to create platforms for growth in adjacent categories● Integration & Synergy Realization: Led integration of ~11B acquisition, driving hundreds of millions in synergy value and beating timelines for synergy realization● Data-Driven Decision Making: Empowered C-suite to make disciplined, data-driven decisions by providing enterprise frameworks for evaluating growth, including revenue and profit pool analysis along with competitive benchmarking and consumer insights.● Business Unit Consulting: Provided recommendations to business units to enhance product portfolios and drive better returns on invested capital

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

Doctor Of Law (Jd)