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Julien Roger
Julien led finance and operations teams at an HR software startup, overseeing a 6x growth in ARR and two rounds of financing totalling over $37 million. He founded a payroll software company that processed over $1.2 billion in payroll and led the company to acquisition. He freelances to share the lessons he learned in fundraising and operations. Julien started his career in the M&A group of RBC Capital Markets and holds a master’s degree in math and undergraduate degrees in math and commerce.
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Juba Tsuladze
Juba is the founder of angioClast, a Cambridge-based biotech startup focused on cancer research. Before entrepreneurship, Juba was a seasoned CFO with multi-industry experience and worked on projects, ranging from an equity sale of a $150 million telecom company to a $50 million hotel business turnaround. He joined the Toptal network to resolve diverse FP&A, M&A, buyouts, and strategic analysis challenges.
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Jordan Mayerson
Jordan has spent his entire career operating at the crossroads of business and innovation. An entrepreneur himself, he understands the financial complexities early-stage ventures endure while raising capital and bringing new products to market. He spent years working at top Wall Street firms after graduating from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology at the University of Pennsylvania. A lifelong learner, he freelances as it exposes him to new people, technologies, and companies.
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Perpetual Media
Travers Cape
Travers is a chartered accountant who has a 16-year career of work in senior financial positions across retail, engineering, and startup industries for companies such as EY, Babcock, Massmart, and Nu-World. His last role was that of a CFO at a Johannesburg retail listed company with a turnover of $250 million. Travers enjoys freelancing as it provides him with the opportunity to work across a variety of industries and challenging projects, including financial modeling and fractional CFO roles.
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Nu-World Holdings Ltd
Jared Seal
With rolled-up sleeves, Jared's led the finance functions for entities with assets in excess of $1 billion. He joined the Toptal network to leverage his experience as a front-line finance leader (corporate modeling, 13-week cash-flow forecasts, Power BI reporting, and day-to-day accounting) to help startups and mid-sized organizations flourish. Jared has learned from his experiences in large corporations at Praxair and in early to mid-stage PE-backed firms (Quantum Energy Partners) in Texas.
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Brendan Murphy, CFA
Brendan is a versatile finance specialist—having held both senior corporate finance and investment professional roles—with a deal portfolio exceeding £600 million. During his career, he has worked for the largest bank in Africa as well as private market investors and has accumulated experience in the technology, consumer, and real estate sectors. Brendan freelances to leverage his experience in financial modeling, due diligence, market research, financial analysis, and fundraising.
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Mario d'Aragona
Mario has a proven track record of improving a company’s financial results, such as turnaround of a loss-making company or costs and yield losses reduction by over 10% in Heinz Kraft. He supports companies in finding tailor-made funding solutions by early-stage investments and introducing them to his inner circle of investors and Nasdaq. Mario is enthusiastic about freelancing and providing exceptional entrepreneurial knowledge with his vast global experience to meet and exceed targets.
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TML Venture
Dani Freidus
Dani is a qualified actuary (FASSA) and worked as a consultant for PwC and Alexander Forbes. He recently started his own actuarial firm which gives him the flexibility to freelance and to apply his actuarial skills to a wider range of problems. Dani has built models and reports for a number of the biggest banks and listed companies in South Africa.
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Five2two Actuaries
Blessing Nyabadza
Blessing is a decisive, versatile, and detail-oriented Charted Certified Accountant (ACCA) with 16 years of experience overseeing accounting functions and enabling clients to maximize value and build sustainable businesses. Her roles include senior financial analyst at Trilogy, CFO at FedEx, and accountant at DHL International. In addition to advancing business plans, Blessing meticulously gathers and analyzes complex data to identify and address discrepancies and opportunities.
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Trilogy
Mary Beth Yardley
Mary Beth is a people and organization leader with 20+ years of experience helping organizations navigate people, processes, and technology change. She's led successful talent initiatives and digital transformations for enterprise clients in the consumer product, financial service, technology, health, and industrial sectors. Mary Beth freelances to bring her change management, program management, and HR skills to projects where she can drive the most significant impact for a client.
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Deloitte
George Mathew
George has worked on M&A, IPO, and fixed income transactions with a cumulative deal value of $20+ billion at renowned Wall Street banks including Salomon Brothers and Morgan Stanley. A Fulbright scholar, George is active in the fintech startup sector and was on the management committee of Houston’s largest independent bank. At Toptal, he enjoys refining business models and optimizing financing structures to maximize flexibility and profitability.
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Morgan Stanley
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