C2FO Advisors

Working together for a better financial future

Together, the C2FO Advisory Board of global experts and leaders represents the top of their field. They offer guidance, knowledge and expertise to provide critical strategic leadership and analysis to guide us on our mission to ensure every business has the capital needed to thrive.

Jason Bristow

Jason is a business executive with more than 20 years’ experience in large multi-national organizations as well as smaller, venture-backed enterprises. With a focus on operational accounting and finance, Jason has a proven track record in P&L and balance sheet management, achieving success for international organizations and businesses operating in challenging, high-growth environments. Jason has served as the CFO of Code42 and as the Vice President Finance & Treasurer at Amazon before managing treasury and financial planning and analysis at GE and Campbell’s.

David G. Brown

David is a venture capital and private equity investor. He is the Managing Partner of Oak Hill Venture Partners and a Vice President of Keystone, LP (formerly known as the Robert M. Bass Company). David has invested in more than 45 companies and funds since 1993. He is a founding investor and currently serves on the board of directors of five private companies. He possesses broad experience in social media, software, communications, financial services and clean technology markets.

Francisco Javier Casanueva

Francisco is the executive president and board member at INTERproteccion, a leading insurance and reinsurance broker in Latin America, servicing clients worldwide. He serves on several boards including Finaccess México (Fund Manager) FGA (Consulting & Investment Banking) and the C2FO advisory board. He is involved in several philanthropic endeavors, including being chairman of Endeavor México and Consejo de la Comunicacón.

David B. Dillon

Dave Dillon is the retired Chairman and CEO of The Kroger Co., based in Cincinnati. The company employs over 400,000 associates who serve customers in more than 2,700 retail food stores under two dozen names. Dave served in a variety of leadership roles after joining the Dillon Companies (now part of Kroger) in 1976.

Neelam Dhawan

Neelam Dhawan is an accomplished business leader with over 38 years of experience in the information technology industry. Recognized for her pivotal role in shaping the information technology industry in India, Neelam has been honored by Fortune, Forbes and Business Today as one of the Most Powerful Women in Business.

Ali Fuat Erbil

Ali Fuat Erbil has extensive experience in banking and business administration. After working as an executive at various private companies and banks, he joined Garanti Bank, the second largest private bank in Turkey.

Matthew Gamser

Dr. Matthew Gamser has over 40 years of experience in private enterprise and financial sector development. He founded and was until recently CEO of the SME Finance Forum, the world’s leading center for knowledge exchange.

Martial Gérardin

Martial is an independent adviser, helping software investors and executives to design, build and deliver successful B2B market strategies in France and Western Europe. Martial brings over 30 years of professional services experience in IT and business consulting.

Joseph Grachek III

Joseph Grachek III is an accomplished management executive (retired) with 39 years of experience in retail operations, accounting, and audit at Costco Wholesale.

Manoj Kohli

Manoj Kohli is a professional entrepreneur, an independent director, a business advisor to large companies and a coach of young entrepreneurs in India and the United States. Currently, he serves as the Chairman and Managing Partner of MK Knowledge LLP.

Tyra Mariani

Tyra Mariani is president of the Schultz Family Foundation and head of philanthropy at Emes Project, LLC. She serves on the board of trustees of Howard University and is a board member of Fidelity Charitable and Jobs for the Future (JFF).

Brian McClendon

Brian McClendon is a software designer, developer, engineer, advisor for Firebrand Ventures, and a research professor at the University of Kansas.

Jan-Martin Nufer

Jan-Martin Nufer is the Vice President of Treasury and Funding at Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals, fertilizers and melamine, headquartered in Vienna.

Gianluca Riccio

Gianluca, CFA, has over 20 years’ experience in the banking industry. His experience combines risk, strategy, business, regulatory and capital needs.

Martin Scott

Martin Scott is a banking professional with over 40 years of experience in a number of global banking organisations, including HSBC, JP Morgan, ABN Amro, Bank of America, NatWest Group.

Arun Seth

Arun Seth took early retirement from his corporate career to focus on bringing the benefits of IT/Telecom to real world businesses.

Luis Téllez

Luis Téllez was Chairman and CEO of the Mexican Stock Exchange (MSE) from May 2009 to December 2014.

Matt Truman

Matt is CEO and co-founder of True, a consumer investment firm that includes its own proprietary innovation hub, itself boasting strategic partnerships with some of the world’s leading retail and consumer companies.

Alexander Visser

Alexander, a Dutch national, is a senior leader at Royal Philips, a global HealthTech company based out of Amsterdam the Netherlands.

James Winkler

James Packard Winkler, Ph.D., is a senior associate of the Project on Prosperity and Development at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.