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Lori Moser

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since February 25, 2022

Lori is an experienced finance expert who led and managed entire M&A processes for acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-outs. Specializing in strategy development, targets identification, market research, financial plan preparation and valuation, due diligence, LOI negotiation and agreement, and plan execution, Lori has worked at a Fortune 500 business, a startup, and an investment bank, dealing with SaaS, manufacturing, consumer products, and industrial automation.

M&A Financial Modeling Valuations Business Plan Consulting Pitch Deck Consulting

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Kevin Roberts

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since June 27, 2022

Over the last 20+ years, Kevin has closed 46 M&A deals totaling several billion in value. He started his career at leading investment banks—Bank of America and Merrill Lynch—and respected private equity firms—Trinity Hunt—advising clients ranging from $1-billion companies to startups and investment firms to family offices. Kevin joined Toptal mainly to leverage his capabilities in M&A and strategic finance, aiming at helping talented entrepreneurs and investors achieve their growth objectives.

M&A Private Equity Due Diligence Valuations Investment Strategy Transaction Advising Fundraising Financial Modeling Investment Analysis Financial Analysis FP&A Venture Capital Business Analysis Consulting

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Sanjay Jajoo

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since June 3, 2024

Sanjay is a finance executive and operating partner focused on value creation and sustainability. He has 20+ years of CFO and finance leadership experience with companies like General Electric, Kraton, G-CON (Summa PE), Revive (PE), and Star—driving P&L, cash, M&A, due diligence, strategy, and audits. Sanjay has led and grown businesses across diverse segments, including oil and gas, power generation, manufacturing, industrial, and distribution.

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Craig Doescher

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since April 1, 2021

Craig has raised $100 million+ in debt and equity for companies seeking to grow, restructure, or exit. His unique combination of operational experience and financial expertise across industries gives him a 360-degree perspective to approach client situations and provide creative solutions for financial needs. After working as a finance executive or direct hire since 2004, he transitioned to freelancing in 2018 to leverage his vast range of interests and desire to expand his geographic reach.

M&A Financial Forecasting Exit Strategy Due Diligence Interim CFOs Fractional CFOs

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Haseeb A Chowdhry

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since December 1, 2020

Haseeb has 10+ years of experience in investment banking, strategy and corporate development, and operational experience at a founder-led startup. He has been involved in transactions with a cumulative value of $10 billion. His experience spans multiple industries including transportation, financial services, fintech, franchising, retail, hospitality/real estate, food-tech, edtech, health-tech, and digital payments.

M&A Corporate Finance Valuations Financial Analysis Financial Modeling Investment Banking Due Diligence

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Barbara Close

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since August 4, 2022

As a former KPMG and PwC consultant and Fortune 1000 executive, Barbara has collaborated with CXOs to solve operational challenges in diverse industries for 20+ years. She has expertise across consumer and industrial products and services, manufacturing, logistics, eCommerce, retail, and technology, where she uses her engineer's mindset to drive business value, minimize costs and risk, and optimize processes. Barbara is a mechanical engineer and Kellogg MBA.

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Aleksey N. Krylov, CFA

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since November 15, 2016

Aleksey served in CFO roles of public and VC-backed private companies. As an investor, he contributed to 25+ private equity deals that have deployed $500 million. He has advised 50+ clients on raising $1.6 billion in equity in the healthcare, consumer, media, software, energy, and industrial sectors. Aleksey enjoys working with officers of early-stage and mature small-cap firms, and he freelances because it exposes him to a wide range of companies.

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Puneet Sapra

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since March 8, 2017

Puneet has been CFO of public, middle-market private equity-backed companies, and startups. He has extensive experience working with founders, boards of directors, external partners, and finance teams to grow revenues and profit organically, through M&A, debt, and equity financing.

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Davit Gvelesiani

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since October 12, 2022

As a venture capital associate at one of the largest Upstate New York funds, David specializes in seed and early-stage investments in the technology and healthcare industries. Previously, as an investment banking analyst at TBC Capital, he led M&A and LBO transactions worth $800M across the telecom, energy, real estate, and infrastructure sectors. At Toptal, David enjoys bringing a positive impact on client strategies in M&A, corporate finance, and strategic development.

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Liana Bertsch

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since October 3, 2022

Liana is a CFO for growth companies across a diverse range of industries, including eCommerce, SaaS, marketing agencies, entertainment, and professional services. She has over 15 years of experience providing financial services to clients varying in size from startups to medium-sized. Liana offers a combination of expertise in finance, accounting, management, business leadership, and operations to companies with ambitions to grow their revenues and profitability.

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Luke Skarzynski

Freelance M&A Consultant

United States

Toptal Member Since October 17, 2022

A founder of Just In Case Estates, a legal tech startup, Luke has over ten years as a finance veteran. He began his career at L Catterton, the world's largest consumer-focused private equity firm, and served on a senior leadership team at one of its portfolio companies, growing revenue by over four times and leading the finance, operations, merchandise planning, and customer experience teams. Luke wants to connect with other passionate entrepreneurs and solve exciting new business challenges.

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Erik has been an extremely valuable member of our team who has tremendous breath of experience with start ups in our lifecycle phase. What makes his contribution unique and highly effective is not only his excellent financial modeling skills and knowledge, but also the emotional intelligence with which he manages each relationship at Vault, understands our team dynamics, and helps us tackle start up challenges effectively. It is rare to find a part-time consultant who makes you feel like he/she is genuinely invested in the success of your company.

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