Patrick Harkleroad Email & Phone Number

With 20 years of CFO experience, I currently lead a team of CFOs and Finance professionals who provide fractional CFO services to restaurants groups across the US, that include advisory, capital raise and restructuring consulting, as well as supporting clients through Quality of Earnings, capital structure design, financial review, and due diligence support.Prior to forming INVGR, I provided fractional CFO services to small and midsized businesses, owned by private equity groups and institutional investors through my firm, The Expo CFO. In January 2019, I was CFO of Amergent Hospitality Group, Inc. I was brought into the predecessor organization, Chanticleer Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:BURG) to lead the transformation of the accounting and financial platform. I joined Chanticleer Holdings from Sherpa, LLC, an accounting and finance recruiting firm, where I managed the Financial Consulting Division. Previously, I was a CFO consultant with the Business Enhancement Group of Carolina Financial Group (CFG), which focuses on providing financial and operational consulting to CFG’s portfolio and client companies. With CFG, I served as the Chief Financial Officer for one of CFG’s portfolio companies, Trinity Frozen Foods, LLC.Prior to my CFO role at Trinity, I served as Chief Financial Officer of Landmark Leisure Group (LLG) in Charlotte, NC, a development company with a national footprint that created, owned, and operated original restaurant and pub concepts, including Blackfinn Ameripub, Vida Mexican Kitchen, and Strike City Lanes. LLG also partnered with real estate developers to create dining and entertainment destinations in the pub, restaurant and entertainment industries. Additionally, I spent eight years in investment banking at Wachovia Securities, where he was primarily engaged in corporate finance and M&A advisory transactions focused on the Financial Institution & Specialty Finance sector, and at Harris Williams & Co, an investment bank focused on middle market M&A advisory services. I received my B.S. in Finance from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce and earned an MBA from Vanderbilt University’s Owen School of Management.