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Go-For Industries, CANADA (a 3Q Investment)Member of the Board of Directors
Apr. 2023CanadaJoined board to play a pivotal role in the clean-up of administration, compliance, and governance in a stressed turnaround setting. Extensive work with the leadership team and investors to build new governance structures (board protocol, procedures, by-laws), executive role definitions, business and financial authority matrices. Leading in the roles of Parliamentarian, Presider, and Corporate Secretary as needed to bring focus, transparency, objectivity and speed to board and shareholder decision-making.
Metropolitan InvestmentsChairman of the Board of Directors
Jul. 2022New York, New York, United StatesLeading a private group of like-minded, spirited investors unafraid to experiment and invest in the emerging digital capital markets of the world. AUM of over $2.5B.
3Q Investment PartnersPartner, Head of Value Creation and Sustainability
Jan. 2022New York, New York, United States• Architecting and authoring (from a blank page) the investment firm’s ESG and DEI strategies, fiduciary-duty-compliant investing with ESG, ESG due diligence tools, ESG and DEI thought leadership, ESG Business Cases (CFO-grade), and Business Transformation playbooks. • Producing the “operating value creation” strategies for acquisition targets ranging in size from $5M to $25M EBITDA. • Leading all of the research and technical analysis - quantitative, qualitative, industry - as needed to understand deal and industry-specific ESG risks, ESG impact potential, ESG Commercial Priorities Alignment, and the go-forward ESG Data Requirements for performance management and reporting. Invited to the partnership to lead the creation of replicable approaches, tools, and teams needed to transform portfolio companies from their often "special situation" into top 10% performers. Bringing to bear deep and nuanced expertise in SUSTAINABILITY, ESG, and DEI, working across multiple industries and settings (often starting from a blank page). Leading the front-end work of PORTFOLIO CO. VALUE CREATION PLANS and ONE HUNDRED DAY POST-CLOSING PLANS. Adding CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER experience to develop the team from an independent sponsor to a formal fund. EXPERT IN GOVERNANCE bringing structure, procedure, and velocity to Boards of Directors. Developing a SPECIALIZATION IN FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORTING SYSTEMS, including working with CFOs to fine-tuning accounting, to make monthly financial reports more understandable, and make monthly financial performance analysis more understandable and insightful (with superior dashboards and appropriate ratio and key indicator analysis).
XKaliberChairman of the Board of Advisors
Nov. 2019 - Oct. 2021Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United StatesAs chair my mission is to be an abundant source of alternative views, fresh perspectives, venturing best practice, positivity and resilience for the Founder/CEO. As CXO my job is to galvanize our company to be an effective force in the evolution of the nascent CBD (emerging health & wellness) space. XKaliber has an ambitious vision centered around compliance and transparency while at the same time, the intent to decouple the CBD marketplace from misconceptions, consumer distrust, ambiguous quality, and bad actors.
Metropolitan Golf & Social Club ("MGSC")Chairman of the Board of Advisors
Sep. 2018 - Aug. 2020New York, United StatesAs chair of MGSC’s Board of Advisors, my purpose is to provide a sounding board for the Founders and CEO, and to lend a steady, experienced hand in the setting and implementing the company's development efforts, capital raise, and rollout plans. MGSC has an enterprising vision around bringing the comradery and club-aspect of golf to the metropolitan centers of the U.S. where the next generation of golfers (i.e. Millennials, and Gen Z) spend the most time.
Culture Shift LabsChief Transformation Officer | CSR-ESG-DEI Scientist
Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2021Country-wide United States(a fractional senior executive role) As a multinational Chief Transformation Officer, Peter has often been called upon to help lead the diversity & inclusion building function; generating breakout revenue growth by building diverse talent pools, fostering creativity and productivity, driving forward to new products and services, and leading the opening up of new markets. He began researching, writing and strategizing in this space in 1988, excelling in the SCIENCE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION its usefulness in the pursuit of sustainable competitive advantages and superior business outcomes. With Culture Shift Labs, he is currently serving the D&I-related needs of Fortune 500, Global Tech 500, Institutional Investors, Non-Profits/Cultural Organizations, and Family Offices.
General AssemblySr. Business Lecturer / Speaker / Curriculum Developer
Jun. 2015 - May. 2018Washington D.C. Metro Area- Course Developer and Lecturer with new curriculum and new case materials in the areas of strategic marketing, branding, corporate strategy formation, and project management. - Keynote speaking, lecturing, and mentoring in the area of international career options, evolving as a new CEO, thinking like a strategic marketing executive, leading corporate strategy formations. - Curriculum Strategist to accelerate the incorporation of humanities and traditional business disciplines into the digital skills training agenda of the organization.
Khashoggi Investment Holdings(secondment) Chief Operating Officer / Head of Portfolio Company Operations
Jun. 2008 - May. 2011Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Washington, D.C.(On secondment from Grahampton & Co.) Initially recruited to help lead the launch of a new financial services venture. Rapid promotion in the organization until June 2009 when appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Khashoggi family's investment holding company and member of the Executive Committee. Global responsibilities for the initiation of new strategic ventures, working side-by-side with portfolio company CEOs, international bankers, sovereign banks, and government leaders in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and the Americas in the pursuit of high value transactions and business transforming initiatives. Overseeing strategic planning, performance improvement and the implementation of strategic growth initiatives across all portfolio companies (higher education, healthcare, power & water infrastructure, banking & finance, real estate & tourism, consumer goods & services, and professional-legal services). Sr. Advisor to Middle Eastern Governments on a variety of economic diversification, industrialization, modernization, education, national security and national outreach initiatives (through the law firm operating by members of the family). Responsible for the new market entry strategies, marketing and selling platforms, new product introductions, and the localization of international operations to the local context.
Grahampton & Co.Lead Consultant - Value Creation, Impact Generation, Business Transformation
Mar. 2008Washington DC area with national and international projects Serving as a competent leader of teams (internal staff+consultants+contractors) for BUSINESS TRANSFORMATIONS, STRATEGIC GROWTH INITIATIVES, and QUANTIFIABLE IMPACT. Over a decade of experience in INTERIM EXECUTIVE, OPERATING PARTNER, CONSULTING PARTNER and BOARD MEMBER roles, including on-site Senior Executive / C-Level Strategy, Marketing and Transformation positions. Hands-on leading of the end-to-end process needed to achieve breakout revenue/strategic growth through innovative revenue engineering, accelerating brand equity building, better customer engagement and state-of-the-art marketing. Highly skilled in strategy formation and the linking of theories and plans to real world marketing, sales, communications, and organization development. Broad and all-encompassing mandates that have included pre-transaction market due diligence, the formation of growth strategies, and 100-day post-closing 're-energization' plans, primary market research, market segmentation, buyer behavior analysis, value proposition tuning, brand positioning, customer strategy formation, operations /rollout planning, talent management, channel partner building, lead generation and business development, expansion-oriented teaming, large scale proposals developments, plus a myriad of additional marketing, communications, stakeholder engagement and revenue-driving elements. In plain language, he partners with CEOs and executive teams to custom-build REVENUE ENGINES (self-sustaining revenue-driving business systems) that produce GAME-CHANGING GROWTH. Full profit & loss, operations, and administrative responsibilities for 5 to 30-person operating/project teams comprised of in-house staff, part-time staff, subject matter experts, and sub-contractors on projects ranging in size from $10k to $2.5M. Please see the projects list for details of the past 5 years of interim, consulting team, and fractional C-level executive positions/engagements.
Project Management InstituteChairman of the Multinational Steering Committee | P.M.I.'s Post-Disaster Initiative for Governments
Oct. 2005 - Dec. 2010Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesChairman of the Multinational Steering Committee Provided leadership and strategic direction to a multi-national education / management initiative developed by a group of 100+ executives and project management professionals from 14 countries. Responsibilities for thought leadership, conceptualization and executive oversight in the areas of: innovative partnership arrangements for associations, volunteer incentive schemes, intellectual property management, product / service development for a multinational rollout, and strategic direction setting outside of the traditional member-oriented new product / service development effort.
PA ConsultingManaging Director-Managing Consultant / Organization Design & Business Transformations
Mar. 2005 - Jun. 2008Washington D.C. with Middle East and Emerging Markets focusGlobal management consulting and venturing firm based in London, with 3,400 employees in 30 countries. • Delivered new blue-chip accounts by developing new value propositions, creating innovative marketing and selling approaches, winning new business, and then coaching new teams through to successful completion. • Architecting, negotiating and delivering economic development-related engagements with governments in the investment promotion, community & tourism development, multilateral development lending and economic diversification initiatives. • Deployed state-of-the-art market intelligence gathering and opportunity evaluation techniques in order to produce research-based strategies and plans for growing businesses in complex emerging markets where such approaches were not thought possible. • Restructured operations of a +5,600-person development and investment firm, helping generate a 300% increase in delivery capacity by leading the multinational team through the restructuring of nine corporate functions (finance, accounting, HR, IT, legal, planning, government affairs, communications and compliance/investor reporting) • Directed strategic and operations planning for a new US$1B private equity investment fund on behalf of two of the region's most prominent sovereign wealth groups.
ColumbusNewport LLCSenior Vice President | Head of Strategic Services Practice | Chief of Staff to the CEO
Jan. 2000 - Mar. 2005Washington D.C. with global responsibilitiesPrivately-held public affairs, investment and strategic management firm. Global responsibilities for strategic services delivery, investment partnerships and portfolio company operations improvement. • Transformation strategist and executive-in-charge of strategic growth initiatives for corporate clients in North America, Europe, and Asia in settings ranging from $1.5 million to $1.2 billion. • Led manager for the arrangement of private placements and strategic investments for ultra-high net worth individuals and families on a global basis. • Key executive in the NASDAQ IPO of a US oil & gas producer responsible for master planning of the overall IPO effort, designing specific operations improvements and overseeing the delivery of 54 "pretty up" workstreams. • Secured favorable merger terms for a US digital content firm with India’s leading cable television operator (Hindujas). Continued as one of the Sr. Architects of the post-merger integration: forming the enterprise-wide plan, building the 30-person delivery team, and formulating new standards and systems for the 7,500 franchisee / 4.3 million customer operation. • Built and led a 140-person team to plan and commit $1B to a global humanitarian and economic development project portfolio for UK’s largest private foundation (confidential). Set-up the internal organization, recruitment and processes to assess 750 funding opportunities on four continents spanning a wide range of sectors. Joined Board as the Head of the Funding Committee to oversee the development 131 program plans/grant proposals. • Founder and lead lecturer/director of an Education-Experience program for U.S. graduate school students (+500 program graduates between 2000 and 2005) many of whom remain close business colleagues to this day. • Founder and lead coach of a Fund Raising / Grant Writing support program to help colleges and universities in emerging markets gain access to international donor funds.
Communications Systems Management InternationalManaging Director / Head of Emerging Markets Practice
Jan. 1998 - Dec. 2000Moscow, Russia with multi-country responsibilitiesPrivately-held professional service firm specialized in primary market research, opportunity evaluation, and operation improvement at telecommunications and technology companies. Global responsibilities for the BRICs and related countries. • Developed and implemented a 10/10 internal business mission: (ten new contracts in ten months). Streamlined practice start-up processes: hiring, branding, marketing, selling, proposal standardizing and bid controlling measures. • Designed and built sales forces, distribution networks, marketing teams and strategic planning departments from the ground up for businesses including Cisco, Vimpelcom, Golden Telecomm and ICO Global. • Successfully transitioned to permanent management team.
Russian Market Research Company (now a part of GfK)Chief Operating Officer / Head of Research-Consulting Practice
Jan. 1996 - Dec. 1998Moscow, Russia with pan CIS responsibilitiesLargest professional service firm in Russia with 1,600 staff and 72 offices (consumer research, B2B, industrial, competitive intelligence, market entry and operations consulting) • In preparation for a major liquidity event, championed and implemented firm-wide systems, standards and shared services that increased productivity in select areas by 500%, reduced project reworks by 85%, and reduced staff turnover by 75% (to 7% per annum). • Identified and grew a “diamond in the rough” division from 10 to 270 staff; delivering a division net income of 33% at 24 months. • Established most effective entry, operations and exit strategies for investments in Russia & CIS, China, India, Brazil and Africa. Working hand-in-hand with the GMs, CEOs and Boards of 22 companies. • Successfully delivered the performance improvements needed to attract multiple suitors and precipitated the desired exit for the founders.
Sibley InternationalCountry Manager - Franchise Systems and related Retail Consulting
Jan. 1995 - Dec. 1996Franchising, concession and corporate unit expansions. • Designed and implemented standards for operations, daily operations and management guidelines for franchise ventures in the banking, consumer retailing, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
CGMS BalkansGeneral Manager - Operations Management for a suite of Family-owned Investments
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1993
Arthur Andersen & Co. / Andersen ConsultingExperienced MIS Specialist
Jan. 1989 - Dec. 1991IT System Implementations and Strategic Services.
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