Fran Rathke Email & Phone Number

Fran Rathke is a CFO and C-Suite Advisor, recognized for her extensive and diverse leadership experience in entrepreneurial and consumer packaged goods companies. She has provided strategic insight and financial perspective that grew two companies rapidly from regional players to global leaders. Helped create two, industry-leading brands (Keurig, Ben & Jerry’s) recognized for their innovation, premium quality, and community engagement. As a skilled Financial Executive Fran has helped top line growth through new sales and distribution arrangements, aggressively building/expanding product portfolio, and channel development; teamed with business development, legal and sales to negotiate brand partner and sales and distribution agreements. With her significant Wall Street connections and Investment Banking Relationships she has helped negotiate numerous credit facilities to finance global growth plans and operations. She has built high performance financial teams during periods of rapid expansion to support the business and ensure a strong internal control structure. Fran has intense merger and acquisition experience including due diligence, negotiation and implementation of merger, sale, licensing and joint venture agreements. She sits as a Board Director and Chair of Audit Committee on two public companies, a privately held energy company and large mutual funds company. She has deep expertise in matters of corporate governance, succession planning, insider trading policies, enterprise risk management and corporate communications.

Listed skills include Finance, Forecasting, Business Strategy, Strategic Planning, and 2 others.

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  University Of Vermont

  Business Administration