Nate Brown

About Nate Brown

Financial and operations executive with more than 30 years leadership experience with broad experience in all aspects of accounting, auditing, tax, operations and financial management. CFO experience of multi-national company backed by PE partners. Direct experience with multi-country P&L management, strategic planning, global project management, global manufacturing. Experienced in manufacturing, consumer products, real estate, financial consulting, capital structure and fundraising. Worked with PE firms in equity and debt transactions.Specialties: accounting, tax, financing/banking relationships, manufacturing, operations, networking, business development, worldwide expansion and market development.

Experience

1. CFO

   Walker Edison

   Jan 2024 — Present

   Walker Edison is an industry leader in online RTA Furniture driven by data analytics based consumer insights. Partners include Amazon, Walmart, Target, Wayfair, Overstock, Best Buy, Home Depot and Lowes in addition to our own DTC WalkerEdison.com site.Walker Edison was owned by Blue Owl Capital Inc (NYSE: OWL), Pennant Park, Bain Capital Credit and Evolution Credit Partners until October 2025. At that time, the company was sold to Twin Star International, a leader in indoor and outdoor home furnishings and a portfolio company of Z Capital Group (“ZCG”).

Education

• University of Utah

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Accounting

  1986 — 1991

• Brigham Young University

  Masters of Accountancy, Accounting & Taxation

  1994 — 1995

Skills

• Accounting
• Quickbooks
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Planning
• Financial Accounting
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Gaap
• Internal Controls
• Tax
• Forecasting
• Cash Management
• Finance
• Income Tax
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Process Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Auditing
• Budgets
• Corporate Tax
• Banking
• Budgeting