Larry E. Bodner Email & Phone Number

Marina Del Rey, Ca, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Louisville, Colorado, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Focus is to source, evaluate, and manage investments in the Consumer sector across Food, Home & Personal Care

Orrville, Oh, Us

On-going responsibility for the successful outcomes of a large, diverse team of professionals in Financial Planning, Controllership, Treasury, Tax, Audit, Investor Relations, Information Technology and Procurement/Co-Manufacturing functions. Worked closely with private owners and CEO/senior team colleagues to make key acquisitions, improve the sales force, and maintain business momentum; led the presentation, data room management and diligence during $6B sale of Big Heart Pet Brands to Smucker’s (spring 2015).

Walnut Creek, Ca, Us

Collaborated with key leaders in the company and took the lead where necessary in making key strategic acquisitions and divesting non-performing brands, continuing to hit milestones in sales, labor, IT, and new product innovation. Orchestrated the $4B debt financing road show as primary liaison with bankers, financial sponsors, etc., which resulted in the lowest-cost LBO financing in 2011 for Board of private owners: KKR, Vestar Capital Partners and Centerview Capital.

Promoted from CFO to President & COO in 1999. Raised $85M of capital from top tier venture capital firms as well as strategic investors including Intel and NBC. Transformed $30M health and wellness catalog focused company into online/cable format with substantially increased consumer reach with expansion of product line from 1,000 to over 16,000 SKUs as well as solution-oriented content.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Responsible for financial planning and analysis for the $2.5B global Consumer Products Division with profit of $600M. Supervised 5 managers. Prepared the annual budget and capital recommendations across the division. Provided direct management of the Finance, Strategy, Accounting, Purchasing and Outlet Stores for the $150M Sales Direct Marketing/Catalog business. Revenue +90% and profit +100% year over year. Increased comparable store sales in outlets by 65% and increased profit by 100%.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Rotated through 7 positions during 8-year tenure at P&G on the high potential Finance career track covering FP&A, Cost Analysis, Plant Financial Management, Sales Finance and Innovation Finance.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics