C-Suite Finance & Operations Executive – CJK Advisors LLC
She is a go-to leader who applies creative problem solving to enhance bottom line performance, operational excellence, and shareholder value and has a history of managing the financial rigor around M&A activity and private-to-public / public-to-private company transitions as well as all aspects of capital structure, long-term fund investment strategy, and cost control.
Christine was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Presidio, Inc. focused on driving organic growth through M&A strategy; leading finance operations improvements, technology integrations, and innovative go-to-market strategy; and building a high-performance finance team to align with enterprise goals.
Prior, Christine served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for Covetrus where she led strategic reorganization activities that ultimately formed the $4B public company. This included collaboration with Henry Schein to spin off its Animal Health business, execution of the RMT transaction, and guiding financing agreement of a five-year term loan A and five-year revolving credit facilitate to pay for the transaction. Christine also built an executive global finance team, drove integration plans that achieved EBITDA synergies, launched an enterprise-wide savings plan, and shaped a newly formed board of the public company.
Previously, Christine served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for Staples partnering with the CEO and Board of Directors to drive its strategic change from a public to private entity and execute a shift in customer approach from a B2C to a B2B delivery model. She restructured and directed the global finance organization while driving monumental cost savings, managing nine divestitures of non-core global businesses, integrating digital strategy solutions across functions, and building a robust board.
While in Corporate Accounting for Staples as Senior Vice President & Corporate Controller, she led finance and M&A business teams in the $4.8B acquisition of Corporate Express, drove organizational structuring and financial strategy for Staples Europe and China, launched a Lean Six Sigma Process Excellence Program, and steered the investigation and resolution of several major cyber security incidents.
Christine’s earlier roles with Staples include Senior VP & General Merchandise Manager for Furniture and Wholesalers where she grew sales and margin dollars 20%+ within 18 months, Chief Financial Officer for Staples.com, and VP of Planning, Margin, and Control.
Earlier, Christine navigated a progressive career with Ernst & Young with focus on large global clients in the financial services and consumer products sectors.
Christine holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Miami University in Ohio and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Massachusetts.
A respected thought leader in her space, Christine contributes her expertise as a member of several non-profit Boards of Directors, including Vineyard Havens (BOD member and Treasurer), Catholic School Foundation (BOD Treasurer, Audit & Finance Committee member, and former Chairman of the Finance Committee) and Summer
Search (BOD member and Finance Committee Chairman). Previously, she was BOD member and Audit Committee Chairman of Acquia, Inc.