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Derek Avdul
Derek is a finance expert with 20+ years of corporate development and M&A experience and expertise in business analysis, financial modeling, and financial and strategic planning. He has been an M&A sell-side advisor on $1 billion in small-business transactions and projects and an in-house finance and corporate development executive for major corporations. Derek's experience includes leading cross-functional teams at Sony, EY, EMI, Acuity Eye Group, PSI Services, and Woodbridge International.
Show MoreMohamed Zarrugh
Mohamed has held executive internal consulting roles for JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, transforming operations with annualized expense reductions of up to $180 million. He is a finance expert who perfectly blends the academic knowledge of an Industrial Engineering degree and MBA with deep business acumen and technical know-how. Specializing in strategic planning, performance management, and process improvement initiatives, Mohamed is willing to leverage his experience with other clients.
Show MoreRichard Cleary
Richard is a Columbia MBA and CFA charterholder with 13 years of experience helping C-level executives at Fortune 500 companies. His work includes competitive benchmarking, KPI identification, budgeting, strategic planning, and linking plans to compensation targets to drive employee behavior tailored to a client's unique culture. Richard enjoys freelancing because he is passionate about aligning pay for performance and helping companies and those who work for them maximize value.
Show MoreNiloufer Afzal, MBA, CM
A growth strategy expert with tier 1 companies, Niloufer led the transformation of a $300 million pet business that was acquired for two times EBITDA. Her areas of expertise are strategic planning, innovation, customer strategy, and eCommerce transformation. She is an award-winning architect of iconic brands across North America, Europe, and Asia; J.M. Smucker, Reckitt, Philips, Kraft-Heinz, McCain, GSK, Tetra Pak, and Mars. Nilo joined Toptal to help organizations unlock and accelerate growth.
Show MorePeer Hackman
Peer is a strategy consultant and executive with experience at McKinsey, PwC, Capgemini, and C-suite roles (COO, CCO, CMO, CSO). He specializes in growth strategies, transformation, and scaling for enterprises and startups. With success in TMT, retail, and fintech, Peer excels at strategic planning and cross-functional leadership. He drives operational excellence, implements solutions, and ensures strategy execution. Peer optimizes operations and delivers results in dynamic environments.
Show MoreAmit Rathi
Amit is a finance and commercial executive and consultant, guiding leadership teams to achieve profitable growth. His extensive strategic and operational experience includes 20+ years at Nestlé in global and national senior leadership roles. After adding value to all aspects of Nestlé's value chain, Amit held an executive position at Livinguard, a Swiss biotech scaleup. He is currently consulting in the startup ecosystem as a finance and strategy advisor across multiple industries.
Show MoreRobert Huszar
Robert is a seasoned management consultant with hands-on, actual top management history in the financial services industry. As an economics graduate with a Manchester Business School MBA, he combines his multinational experience with startup and consultancy expertise. Robert enjoys putting his financial savvy, business-mindedness, and customer-oriented vision into his clients’ projects. He joined Toptal to work in an international remote environment and help top clients grow their businesses.
Show MoreAaleem Jiwa
As a Deloitte consulting manager, Aaleem led the creation of a business plan and financial model for a city-owned real estate firm that enabled them to develop 50 properties in 10 years. He has helped owners of small companies and executive teams at multi-billion dollar entities optimize their businesses through financial analysis. Aaleem travels extensively, and freelancing allows him to deliver value to companies from any city in the world.
Show MoreNathan Krishnan S
During his two-decade career in Asia and the US, Nathan has consulted in strategy, valuations, corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, forecasting, and investments across six continents—ranging in value from $10 million to $1 billion. While a senior manager at Ernst & Young, he led engagements in valuations and modeling and recently left to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors while working on challenging projects at Toptal.
Show MoreTamas Magda
Tamas is a serial entrepreneur with strong financial management and private equity background. He ultimately enjoys advising entrepreneurs in complex assignments which require financial modeling, strategic planning, and execution. Prior to establishing, scaling, and exiting multiple startups and directing projects on $10 million budgets as a consultant, he gained valuable expertise at firms such as PwC, GE Capital, and PineBridge Investments.
Show MoreLaurence Mosley
Laurence is a seasoned CFO and finance director with extensive business leadership experience. He has become a trusted advisor to CEOs and boards, including those of ASX-listed companies. Laurence has 30 years of experience in financial leadership, developing strategic plans and optimizing financial and operational performance, all while ensuring integrity, control, and compliance. Laurence freelances because he enjoys new challenges.
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