Keith Downham

Keith is an innovative and strategic thinker. He has a global, holistic approach to business, deep analytical skills, and over 25 years of experience tackling tough business challenges and generating creative solutions. Keith’s specialties include strategy & analysis, investment banking, financial management, operational effectiveness, and leadership advisory. Keith is a(n):
• Collaborative business advisor focused on achieving organizational objectives through strategic and
financial analysis, creative problem-solving, and business operations performance improvement
• Expert creator of financial and analytical models that make complex business models clear, improve
decision making, broaden and deepen corporate know-how, and identify millions in revenue and cost
savings
• Builder and leader of critical domestic and international strategic business units generating key insights and innovative solutions that drive better business performance
• Investment banker advising, structuring and positioning companies for M&A and equity/debt market
activity by simplifying the complex, forecasting “the possible,” and articulating compelling narratives
RELEVANT EXAMPLES OF WORK
• Successfully reoriented the go-to-market strategy for and provided strategic and leadership guidance to an innovative SaaS company navigating a technology resistant market space
• Restructured and combined the equity capital for multiple CPG food companies into a single company in preparation for combined operations, explosive growth and a capital raise
• Provided senior executive leadership and strategic guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic to help steady a major student loan firm experiencing business model disruption and turnover
• Advised on and modeled an acquisition play in the regenerative medicine space for a private equity firm looking to acquire and rapidly scale an existing practice across the Western US
• Developed an innovative market analysis pinpointing key opportunities to better leverage core competencies, align its customer base with service offering and generate 25% more revenue
• Created a new product valuation framework for a wealth management firm which was adopted
• Successfully built and led several domestic and international functions, including the first Global FP&A team for a mid-sized technology firm, the first FP&A team for one of the world’s busiest airports, and the first Business & Finance function for an international start-up University located in the Middle East