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Robert Coatsworth
Rob has over 14 years experience in
developing and helping to implement profitable growth
strategies for his clients. This is combined with more than
15 years of prior experience in commercial lending, venture
capital and acquisitions as well as senior financial,
marketing and operating management roles in growing
companies in a variety of industries.
This broad background and depth of
experience represents a valuable perspective for his
clients. It enables him to help improve their business
processes and organizational effectiveness and to sharpen
their value proposition to get to the right markets.
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Rob has worked with start-up as
well as mature, primarily private sector organizations in financial
services, radio and television broadcasting, medical laboratory,
book publishing, financial software, light manufacturing,
hospitality and retail automotive. His work has included finance and
marketing based initiatives to support acquisitions, expansions, new
market entry, customer retention and regulatory interface.
In the academic area, Rob has also done work
for Queen’s School of Business, Royal Roads University and Rotman
School of Management as an MBA student advisor and as a consultant
to businesses seeking the universities’ assistance. In these
capacities he has mentored MBA students, acted as MBA student
Project Advisor, coached CEOs and facilitated conference seminars.
Selected Experience Examples
- Provincial Electricity Sector –
Providing ongoing strategic advisory and project management
services to electrical utilities centered on: succession
management planning; knowledge capture and transfer; and
supporting skills development in an industry that has an
enormous current and future skills shortage.
- Financial Software - Developed
and managed the North American sales and marketing strategy for
a UK owned software developer to reach large, finance industry
clients.
- Retail Automotive Group -
Interim group holding company CFO; interim dealership General
Manager; facilitated group strategic plan and group used vehicle
re-marketing strategy; provided analysis for a General Motors
dealer network consolidation initiative.
- Book Publishing – Interim CFO
and assisted CEO with business plan, financial projections and
investor presentations. Successfully raised over $200,000 in
first round equity from angel investors.
- Universities – Student Mentor
and Advisor; Consultant. Facilitated ‘CEO Roundtables’ at
Ontario-sponsored Wisdom Exchange conferences; coached
presentations by two technology company CEOs for a venture
capital conference, one presentation was voted best of the show.
- Broadcasting – VP Finance and
Regulatory.
- Financial Services – Asset-based
lending and venture capital.
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Robert Coatsworth
Coatsworth & Associates
Telephone: 416.725.4972
Linkedin:
Robert Coatsworth
Twitter: @rcoatsworth
Blog:
www.RobertCoatsworth.com |
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