SVP of Corporate Development Candidate
USA
Corp Dev / M&A, Executive Search
12 years
3/27/2024
Profile
Affable, driven, and impacful M&A and organic growth strategy professional in his prime. History of success building and managing corporate development operations for accelerated growth private-equity backed businesses in life sciences, pharma tools, diagnostics, and environmental sustainability markets. Specialized in building buy-side operations, running strategic planning exercises, and sourcing and executing transformative transactions to build businesses quickly while positioning them for further growth opportunities.
Career Highlight 1: Built a strategic corp dev process from scratch at a private equity owned company, successfully executed 12 deals in 3 and a half years, which led to the sale of the company for a return in the high teens.
Career Highlight 2: Successfully closed about 30 buy-side middle market deals ranging in size of a few millions dollars to upwards of $350m in deal value, including about 10 overseas acquisitions, including a few sell-side transactions (carve-out and asset sale).
Career Highlight 3: Developed a strategic acquisitions initiative for a growing life sciences company that acquired 4 companies and combined them to create a new vertical in a new market.
Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): “I am a strategic buy-side M&A professional focused on building companies. I drive results and I’m a team player who is collaborative and easy to work with.”
Strengths: (1) building and running a corporate development function that aligns with the strategic plan, (2) rolling up sleeves while encouraging and working with a team to get things done, and (3) building trusting relationships.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Reading and writing (fiction), coaching youth sports, fitness, cooking, vacation and traveling with family, and hosting parties.
Education: MBA, JD
Industry Experience: Healthcare, Life Sciences and Biotech, Private Equity
Company Fit: Great fit for VC or PE-backed companies seeking aggressive growth.
Management Experience: 6 years’ experience managing small teams.
Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote
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