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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Advise public/private mid- and large-cap consumer and retail company shareholders, boards of directors, and senior management on broad range of financial and other strategic matters, including review of strategic alternatives, acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, capital structure, and shareholder activism, among others. Selected recent experience:► Led comprehensive review of strategic alternatives available to multi-billion dollar, family-owned, heritage apparel brand, and made recommendations in line with key stakeholder needs and objectives. ­ - Strategic alternatives reviewed included minority/majority capital raise, full-company sale, company IP sale, financial engineering, strategic acquisitions, portfolio divestitures, and IPO/SPAC listing.­ - Spearheaded comprehensive market and competitive research and led all qualitative and quantitative analyses to define and quantify impact of various strategic alternatives on company performance, liquidity and key stakeholder objectives while managing cross-functional internal and external teams and all client-facing communications.► Spearheaded carve-out and sale of Dr. Organic Group to Damier Group­ - Designed process strategy and led development of all investor-facing materials, including articulation of company positioning, strategy, and key growth initiatives.­ - Developed detailed, multi-scenario 5-year projections model.­ - Led all investor outreach efforts and client management throughout the process while overseeing cross-functional internal/external teams of bankers, lawyers, consultants, and accountants.

New York, Ny, Us

Selected Transaction Experience:► Public Cross-Border M&A: Acquisition of US publicly listed company by EU consumer company (terminated)► Capital Raise: Sale of Majority of The Wing to IWG► Sell-side M&A: Sale of Pharmaca to Medly► Bankruptcy / restructuring advisor to Stage Stores ► Public M&A: Take private of multi-billion dollar softlines retailer (terminated)► Shareholder Activism / M&A: Sale of Lids Sports Group to Fanzz Holdings

New York, Ny, Us

Selected Transaction Experience:► Sell-side M&A: Sale of majority of private heritage luxury jewelry brand (terminated)► M&A / Recapitalization: Merger-of-equals or two largest regional grocery chains ► Financing: Lead Bookrunner on Melissa & Doug’s $325mm Senior Secured Credit Facilities► Buy-side M&A: Acquisition of primary manufacturing supplier by Alex & Ani► Cross-border buy-side M&A: Acquisition of US CFIUS assets by EU company (terminated) ► Strategic Alternatives: Review of strategic alternatives for branded apparel company

Founded and bootstrapped a direct-to-consumer line of women’s workwear at the cross-section of athleisure and business formal, designed to address a gap in the market for multi-functional, ultra-comfortable, and machine washable women’s suiting. ► Conducted competitor/market research analysis and 20 primary customer interviews to validate market opportunity and identify latent needs.► Designed, tested and iterated unique value proposition to achieve language-market fit via direct testing with users. ► Led product development process from ideation through to final production of first collection in Manhattan’s garment district. ► Created end-to-end go-to-market strategy and business plan, including multi-pronged marketing strategy, and full suite of brand and marketing collateral, including e-commerce website, Klaviyo automated e-mail flows, social media profiles, and digital content strategy.► Sold 60% of initial inventory within first three (3) months of launch; business paused due to COVID-19 and subsequently shut down due to permanent structural shifts in the professional workwear market coming out of the pandemic.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

► Performed a wide range of quantitative analysis (incl. but not limited to sum of the parts valuation, DCF, LBO, accretion/dilution, comparable companies analysis, precedents), and qualitative analysis (listing considerations, financing considerations, review of strategic alternatives etc.) to facilitate and validate client strategic decision making ► Assisted in preparation of investor-facing marketing materials, Board materials, client pitch presentations, and other client presentations ► Ranked top of my Analyst class and promoted to Associate Selected Transaction Experience: ► Sell-side M&A / Recapitalization: Sale of Public Mobile to Telus► Strategic Alternatives: Review of strategic alternatives for Blackberry► Sell-side M&A: Sale of Titan Outdoors to Clairvest► Fairness Opinion: Sale of Peer 1 Networks to Cogeco Cable► IPO: Canadian Tire REIT IPO► Financing: $275 million subscription receipts by Hudsons’ Bay Company

Worldwide, Oo

► Selected experience: buy-side and sell-side assessments of strategic opportunities (M&A, joint venture, off-take agreements, etc.); financial due-diligence (run-rate analysis & quality of earnings and assets; M&A target screening; M&A strategy; commercial due diligence; post-merger integration.► Industries covered include environmental services, janitorial services, automotive and metals and mining. ► Select transactions: Birch Hill Private Equity Partners' C$153M leveraged buyout of Distinction Group Inc. (TSX:GD); GFL Environmental Corp.'s C$95M acquisition of Turtle Island Recycling.

Worldwide, Oo

► Selected experience: Quarterly reviews and annual financial statement audits of both public and private companies under Canadian GAAP, US GAAP and IFRS► Selected clients: Cadillac Fairview, Brookfield Renewable Power Inc.; BRC DiamondCore Ltd.; Banro; Gentor Resources Inc

Worldwide, Oo

Bachelor Of Commerce

Fashion Business Certificate

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