Toptal is a network of top industry experts and consultants with experience in low-middle market M&A. Searchers and investors hire consultants from Toptal for their technical and commercial due diligence projects as well as ad-hoc requests.
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Jack Barker
Search Fund Expert
Jack is a former McKinsey Partner and Carlyle Group Principal with 30 years of international experience. He has been President, CFO, or COO of 2 Carlyle com...panies and 4 others. He is a finance, strategy, and operations expert with deep experience in telecom, financial services, data centers, and manufacturing. Jack enjoys freelancing because it allows him to work on a wide-variety of issues for companies of all sizes and many industries.
Evan Fisher
Search Fund Expert
Evan is a former investment bank VP offering a simple value prop: better-than-Wall-Street quality documents and advice at a fraction of the price. He’s sat... in every seat at the boardroom table as a director, shareholder, executive, and advisor and has raised $75 million and led IPOs, acquisitions, and divestments. He enjoys helping businesses plan and refine their strategy, prepare for corporate actions, and hone their capital-raising approach.
Archil Lursmanashvili
Search Fund Expert
As the Deputy CFO of Silk Road Group, a USD 400 million private investment group, Archil works closely with international financial institutions and local b...anks and is actively involved in every step of the financing process, including financial modeling, negotiations, contracting and ensuring compliance with the covenants required by lenders. Archil joined Toptal to help SMEs develop flexible financial models as a tool for raising financing.
Alexander Hanrath
Search Fund Expert
After raising $3 billion to fund acquisitions for blue-chip businesses while at J.P. Morgan, Alexander moved into venture capital, investing in clean techno...logies. As CFO of an LED technology startup, he raised profitability by 50%, and now, he enjoys helping other businesses grow strategically and sustainably. Working as a freelancer gives him flexibility with location and frees up his time to pursue social and environmental impact projects.
Steve Sprindis
Search Fund Expert
Steve is an experienced financial executive and consultant with a broad range of experience ranging from deep dive financial analysis to M&A and valuation w...ork. He has experience as a CFO, private equity investor, and investment banker. Steve has worked with over fifty companies on preparing business plans and offering memorandums and financial models, and has helped finance early and late stage companies, real estate, and other assets.
Dave Harpur
Search Fund Expert
A chartered accountant with more than 15 years' experience, Dave has directly led double-digit EBITDA growth and over £1 billion in debt, equity, and M&A tr...ansactions while at leading private equity and consultancy firms (Global Infrastructure Partners, Octopus, IFM, and Deloitte). As a freelancer, he enjoys advising clients on strategy execution, debt and equity capital fundraising, corporate finance, and complex financial transactions.
Ken Gordon
Search Fund Expert
Ken is a finance expert with 25+ years of leadership experience at startups and Fortune 100 companies. He has supported a $2.5 billion Raytheon division and... advised CEOs, private equity investors, Members of Congress, and senior DoD officials on finance and operating strategy. Ken enjoys freelancing as he seeks to leverage his decades of finance and advisory experience on new and exciting challenges.
Calvin Clark
Search Fund Expert
Calvin has helped raise a total of over $300 million in capital for dozens of VC-backed startups, PE-backed middle market companies, public companies and in...vestment funds. He has run several buy and sell-side M&A processes. As a freelancer, he enjoys exploring strategic opportunities with companies undergoing significant change and growth. He has extensive experience in mobile technology, financial services, edtech, and transaction processing.
Toby Clarence-Smith
Search Fund Expert
Toby is the founder of Petsy, one of Mexico's leading eCommerce companies, backed by the region's top VC funds. As he transitions out of day-to-day operatio...ns from his company, Toby likes to freelance on projects where he can add significant value, such as financing related projects, market research, and valuation analysis. Toby has worked extensively with senior executives at VC- and PE-backed high growth companies in Europe and Latin America.
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