Interim CEO June '24 - Oct '24

Responsible for all aspects of the investment process, including leading value creation and transformation activity as well as sourcing, diligence and execution of new investments.

Led developing the strategic direction and managed the delivery of services to clients. Owned the Consumer Practice P&L of one of the largest 2 practices, with multi-hundred millions in revenue. Led a large senior team within a global matrixed organization. - Innovated and managed the practice Service Offerings: growth strategy, value creation programs, digital transformation, M&A due diligence and integration, sales force effectiveness, supply-chain optimization, design-to-value, manufacturing improvement, SG&A optimization and more.- Created tailored approaches to drive transformations, transactions, and value creation plans. Led client engagements to drive results demonstrated in financial statements.- Recruited, trained, and developed a diverse global team of consultants. Led firm-wide talent management initiatives. - Managed Marketing and Sales functions including presenting at industry conferences, speaking to national media, developing sales strategies and plans, managing the sales pipeline and deployment of resources.Additionally, provided Firm-wide leadership in strategy, operations, diversity, and talent management in a variety of key roles, including:- Member of the Firm’s Digital Management Committee to steward digital strategy and investments.- Account lead for a Firm-wide Top 30 Private Equity Account.- Leadership committee for MBA Scholarship for Achievement for diverse junior talent- Sponsor for senior high-potential talent through the Global Sponsorship Program.- Committee member on the Partner & Managing Director Promotion Committee - Executive Sponsor for the Consulting Acceleration Program junior training initiative.

Lead the GP Value Creation session for Limited Partners (investors) on how Private Equity General Partners drive value creation in their portfolio companies.

Full P&L ownership of multiple brands and categories. Led a large cross-functional team, including consumer insights, R&D, product development, trade marketing, supply-chain, and external partners e.g., creative agencies and media buying. - Developed award-winning advertising (TV, print, digital) that drove top-tier in-market results - Led media and trade spending strategy, deployment, and tracking of $100M+ budget- Managed the innovation pipeline from insight development through to commercialization - Oversaw supply-chain and cost reduction efforts, including S&OP and reformulations.- Created innovative programs to increase Dermatologist support (#1 Recommended)

Full P&L responsibility for key health and beauty care categories, including all sales, marketing and buying. Demonstrated a multi-year track record of growth in both sales (8%+) and income (10%+)- Led turnaround of the distressed Cosmetics category through complexity and inventory reduction - Responsible for turning around the most complex set of categories within the Department.- Optimized the multi-faceted process of executing category resets that involve 5,500 items with hundreds of fixtures within 75+ linear feet of sales space

Created the business plan and led the execution of a market entry strategy for a new $200MM division. Launched an innovative residential laminate product with JV partner Proctor & Gamble. - Led product management such as channel strategy, market research/segmentation analysis, market based pricing and volume forecasting.- Led finances related to product costing, profitability analysis and pricing strategy under multiple manufacturing and marketing scenarios.- Developed a comprehensive operational and financial model to select manufacturing configurations based on EOQ and other operational and supply chain analyses.

Consulted with Fortune 500 Consumer and Retail clients on supply-chain and growth strategies and execution. Clients included Bunge, Cadbury Schweppes, Albertson’s, and Office Max. - Broad functional engagements ranged from strategy to operations. - Specialized in category management organization development, sales force effectiveness, profitability improvement and strategic sourcing