Hands-on operational and financial leader with an established track record of raising capital, leading companies through growth & transition, and executing monetizations; combines deep financial and strategic acumen with a leadership style that expresses empathy while maintaining high standards of enterprise-wide excellence and accountability.Most recently led Chopra Global through a significant transformation encompassing the complete reinvention of a 20-year old iconic wellness brand based on the life's work of Dr. Deepak Chopra. This encompassed the rationalization, refocusing and modernization of the product & service portfolio, an overhaul of the company’s technology infrastructure, organizational processes & procedures and employee base, and the introduction of new branding and go-to-market strategies. “I want to express my deep appreciation to Richard Wallach, CFO & COO of Chopra Global - for his steadying hand, deep caring for our employees, and financial and operational leadership through great change as we evolved the Chopra organization to a point where these transitions were possible. I am grateful that he shepherded these important transactions from intention to completion.” - - Deepak Chopra, M.D.Prior to playing a similar role for Plexus Entertainment, Richard was a technology investment banker, raising over $20B in capital and executing in excess of $15B in M&A transactions, while advising management and boards of public and private companies on the full range of strategic and financial matters.