Tyler Mills, CFA

Experience

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  McKinsey & Company

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Business Analyst

  Advised international energy companies on issues of strategy, management, and corporate finance and assisted leading hedge funds and private equity firms in conducting due diligence of potential investment opportunities.

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  Sageview Capital

  Sept 2006 - Aug 2009

  Associate

  Generated investment ideas, conducted extensive due diligence, and monitored performance of portfolio companies for a $1.4B investment fund.Developed detailed operating and financial models for potential investments, including extensive valuation and financial analyses, based on comprehensive due diligence including primary research with customers, competitors, suppliers, industry experts and company management.Sageview was founded by former senior partners of KKR and invests in public equities and select private equity transactions with a long-term, fundamental, concentrated investment strategy. Show less

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  Barclays Capital

  Sept 2009 - Sept 2011

  AVP, Special Situations Group

  Analyst on an 11 person investment team managing $2.5B of capital, investing in distressed credit and special situations equity opportunities globally.

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  OMERS Capital

  Oct 2011 - Jan 2013

  Research Analyst, Global Industrials

  Sole analyst covering industrial and business services stocks globally for a $3.5B fundamental equity portfolio within one of Canada’s largest pension funds.Industrials sector portfolio generated ~300bps of value-added performance in 2012

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  McKinsey & Company

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2020

  Advised leading private equity firms and institutional investors on transaction due diligence and investment strategy across private equity, public equity, and real estate investments.Advised leading industrial and mining firms on a broad set of strategic topics including strategy formulation, M&A evaluation, major project evaluation, investor relations and investor engagement strategy, and innovation strategy and corporate venture investment.Engagement highlights include:­> Advised world’s largest gold mining company on multiple transformational merger evaluations, including detailed synergy estimation;­> Developed venture capital and innovation strategy for world’s largest gold mining company;­Developed enhanced investor relations strategy for large industrial company;­> Led strategic review of multi-billion dollar greenfield mining development;­> Advised Korean conglomerate on evaluation of cross-border acquisition;> Developed global real estate portfolio allocation model for leading Canadian pension plan, including algorithmically forecasting returns and risk for core real estate asset classes in major cities globally and recommending optimized portfolio construction, generating ~100bps of additional return on a ~$50B portfolio without incurring additional risk;> Led development of China macroeconomic outlook for leading global private equity firm. Show less

  • Associate Partner

    Nov 2017 - Mar 2020

  • Senior Engagement Manager

    Jan 2015 - Oct 2017
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  Fresh Clean Threads

  Jul 2020 - now

  Chief Financial Officer

  CFO and member of 3 person Executive Committee (with co-founders) providing strategic, financial and operational leadership for high-growth, multinational, DTC e-commerce apparel retailer with 35 employees. Experience managing Finance, Legal, HR, Data & Analytics, Operations and New Business Ventures for profitable, high-growth, venture backed DTC e-commerce company (Guild Capital portfolio company).> Scaled business 15x+ in 4 years to $100M+ gross revenue.> Built entire Finance function, including financial forecasting, financial reporting, FP&A, and treasury/liquidity management and recruited Controller, staff accountant and A/P clerk.> Created KPI system and dashboards to provide structured insight into company performance.> Led transition to NetSuite ERP and established international subsidiaries in Canada and UK.> Negotiated improved payment terms with key vendors to create a negative net-working capital economic model, enabling rapid growth without equity dilution.> Built Treasury function and generated $20M+ in low cost financing from multiple partners..> Established robust reporting and controls and led company through four successful audits.> Created highly accurate flash financials process for real-time understanding of P&L.> Recruited Data & Analytics team (two employees) and Strategic Growth team (two employees) and led scale up of key growth initiatives - Amazon and international market launches.> Led development of highly successful membership program with over 50,000 paying members.> Managed the business through a period of excess inventory/liquidity stress through proactive engagement with financing partners and detailed weekly cashflow modeling.> Experience working with VC investors and preparing quarterly Board materials.> Advise CEOs of multiple Guild Capital portfolio companies on strategy and finance topics. Show less