George Gonzalez Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Des Plaines, IL, US

Stockholm, SE

• Vice President of Corporate Strategy, 2022-PresentDirector of M&A - North America, 2020-2021 Corporate Development Associate, 2018–2020 Began in a corporate development role before being promoted to guiding the North.
• Spearheaded the end-to-end acquisitions/integrations of 55+ businesses since 2020, increasing annual revenue by $250M+ and adding over $1B to the parent company’s valuation. I conducted due diligence.
• Crafted a scalable integration playbook to improve and streamline integration capabilities, leading to over 80% of new acquisitions meeting or exceeding financial targets within a year of closing.
• Completely reimagined our NY based portfolio company’s marketing strategy to dramatically boost outreach and engagement. Lead generation has jumped 25%, while achieving a 250 bps reduction in marketing spend.
• Transformed the residential pest control pricing model to emphasize high margin products catalyzing a 150% YoY increase in sales of bundled services vs. standalone products.
• Fundamentally shifted the focus of sales teams from obsessing over KPIs (conversion rates, etc.) to a performance management-based approach, resulting in 30% YoY sales growth.

New York, New York, US

Executed business valuations for 250+ public and privately held companies over three years with the group, leveraging bestin-class valuation methodologies (DCF, comparative M&A transactions method, MPEEM, etc.). I also served as subject matter expert (SME) facilitating due diligence for M&As, public company purchase price allocations, goodwill impairment.

During my tenure with Assured Guaranty, I was relied on as a strategic partner to the Structured Finance team analyzing structured finance for businesses to deliver key insights and recommendations to support team deal execution efforts. I pitched the value of new business opportunities, rated agencies & investors, crafted/delivered client presentations.

Wan Chai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HK

Carefully analyzed potential M&As to deliver accurate valuations, while working hand-in-hand with client management teams, board members, and other M&A stakeholders across all transaction phases to drive successful completion