Ryan Gallant, Cfa Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Partner with private equity-backed businesses to drive value creation across every stage of the investment lifecycle.

A sister company to Homestead Capital, Revive is a technology-enabled climate-smart farming company. Established in 2021, the company raised its first round of external capital in 2022.Hand-picked by founders to build company's financial foundation. This included three key roles: (1) partner with CEO and founders to evaluate and evolve capital allocation priorities, (2) establish financial planning and analysis infrastructure to measure progress and manage capital needs, and (3) implement and oversee core financial functions, including lending and banking relationships, investor reporting, financial controls, entity structuring, accounting, tax, treasury, and payroll.Managed cash, vendor financing, and lending relationships to enable a 10X increase in firm's operating footprint.Instituted a liquidity management framework that reduced risk, while also generating significant incremental run-rate income (>20% of corporate overhead).Built company financial model and partnered with operations team to implement detailed operating budgets, allowing firm to project future capital needs and continually assess operating performance.Partnered with best-in-class service providers to establish scalable and cost-effective accounting, expense management, HR, and payroll functions; achieved dramatically better service levels with less risk and lower overhead than would have been possible building in-house.

San Francisco, California, Us

Homestead Capital is a private equity firm focused on value creation in U.S. agriculture. Founded in 2012, the firm manages $1.5B+ in assets and has closed well over 100 transactions.Led financial due diligence, risk management, and portfolio management efforts as firm assets grew more than 6X. A key aspect of this was the creation and deployment of scalable financial infrastructure, processes, and procedures. Examples include detailed operating budgets and financial models, disciplined variance analyses, key performance indicators, investor reporting, and investment committee governance.Chaired 6-person investment committee and co-led 8-person investment team responsible for providing financial oversight for dozens of acquisitions, and numerous capital allocation decisions, exceeding $1B in value. Established governance procedures, disciplined meeting cadence, and shared goal-setting framework.Spearheaded adoption and implementation of Anaplan, a state-of-the-art business intelligence and planning tool, eliminating reliance on 500+ independent spreadsheets, streamlining reporting & analysis into real-time dashboards, and facilitating cross-team collaboration.Oversaw budgeting and forecasting process for 90+ operating entities. Performed detailed attribution analyses to identify key performance drivers and flag opportunities for improvement.Developed and implemented innovative probability-based framework to more accurately anticipate cash flows related to the repair and replacement of long-lived assets.Communicated financial results to existing and prospective limited partners through quarterly updates, annual meetings, and fundraising presentations.Core member of fundraising team, traveling the country to raise $596MM for Homestead's third fund, its largest fund to-date.Promoted from Vice President to Managing Director in 2020.

New York, New York, Us

Covered highly indebted companies in the food and beverage, retail, and restaurant industries.Performed in-depth analysis of covered companies, analyzing financial statements and debt documents, projecting cash flows, evaluating corporate strategy and industry prospects, stress-testing liquidity, and anticipating funding needs.Evaluated numerous corporate transactions, including leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, and a variety of equity and debt offerings.Advised sophisticated institutional investors through the publication of detailed research reports, in-person presentations, and ad hoc calls and meetings.Partnered with sales, trading, and leveraged finance teams to advise on covered companies and support the firm's market-making and investment banking activities.Promoted to Vice President in 2015.

New York, Ny, Us

Traded a broad range of taxable fixed income securities, with a focus on corporate debt. Specialized in idea generation, combing through company financials and industry research to identify securities that offered attractive risk-adjusted returns. Communicated high-conviction ideas through written recommendations, global investment calls, and regional team meetings.Researched and analyzed fixed income at the asset class level, contributing to market outlooks and topic spotlights. Created models and analytics for asset class initiatives and conducted salesforce teach-ins.

New York, Ny, Us

Analyzed risk, evaluated fund managers, and performed market research for a $12B+ investment vehicle spanning equities, fixed income, and commodities. Built and utilized a variety of analytical tools, including option pricing models, real-time risk models, and historical performance attribution. Analysis was used to support nine-figure capital allocation decisions.

New York, Ny, Us

Boston, Ma, Us