Bio

Stephen has more than 30 years of experience in investment banking, operating businesses (in food and other sectors), and accounting. Today Stephen spends most of his time representing companies in the Consumer and Industrials sectors. Stephen began his career in South Africa as an audit manager at Ernst & Young, and at Investec Merchant Bank where he focused on M&A and recapitalizations. He has also been a business entrepreneur, including founding a manufacturing company that was contracted by the Walt Disney Company to develop an outdoor-image product that can still be seen at Epcot Center today. He also helped lead a management buyout of a neural net software technology company from its publicly-traded parent, serving as its global CFO, and built and sold a specialty food company to a publicly-traded confection company. Stephen graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a Bachelor of Commerce, a Bachelor of Accounting, and a High Diploma in Corporate Law. He also holds CPA and Certified Valuation Analyst credentials. He was a director of Colorado State University Ventures, Inc. (a tech-transfer and IP commercialization entity), and is a member of the Regional Development Council of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado.