Graham Sayers

About Graham Sayers

Graham is a C-level CFO who has broad leadership experience in both public and private companies with a focus on Private Equity roles. Recent highlight include: 5 successful sale transactions to exit two complex investments, multiple debt raises including investor roadshows, handling all aspects of investor relations, building finance teams to support ongoing operations. A resourceful Senior Financial Executive equally adept at handling Board level discussions as he is with fixing an AP team, Graham offers extensive experience in strategy and corporate development, business planning and operational analysis, capital markets and deal structures. Excels at distilling business strategies into clear and readily communicable objectives and measurements, building the credibility to hold teams accountable and rapidly developing finance teams to deliver those objectives. A self-directed leader who cultivates strong working relationships at all levels of the organization (including external parties such as the Board and Private Equity owners).Specialties:• Strategic Planning• Budgeting and Forecasting (Including liquidity challenged PE situations)• Leading sale processes: exited 5 business segments to strategic and PE backed owners• Multiple refinancings: successful bond and term loan refinancings in stressed situations• P&L management (including cost reduction and costs system development)• Stakeholder Management: reconciling PE board, external debt holder and management team expectations of the PE ownership process• Tax planning and rate reduction execution• Rapid development of new finance teams and financial process

Experience

1. Operating Partner - Finance

   Aea Investors

   Jul 2024 — Present · US

Education

• Aston University

  MEng, Electronic Systems Engineering

  1986 — 1990

Skills

• Financial Planning
• Cost Accounting
• Finance
• Auditing
• Sec Reporting
• Accounting
• Private Equity
• Financial Reporting
• Board Relations
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Forecasting