Steve Konczal

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ABOUT STEVE KONCZAL

STEVE KONCZAL | Strategic Growth | Chmn, CEO, COO, CFO | Food & Beverage | VCSteve is a highly successful venture capital investor and c-level business partner focused on mission driven, better-for-you food and beverage companies. Over the past 12 years, Steve has invested in and served as a CEO, COO and/or CFO in a number of highly innovative companies such as Lhasa Craft Beer, Graze, Lunch Bundles, TreTap, AquaViTea, Unreal Brands, Big Tree Farms, Beta Hatch, BeSafe, Vivazen and Black Sheep CBD, guiding multiple investments through to successful exit. Prior to his tenure in VC, Steve was an accomplished senior executive and “growth architect” with multi-billion dollar multi-nationals with an extensive track record turning around underperforming, US-branded businesses at all levels and building winning portfolios. He has designed and implemented successful growth strategies for several prominent food and beverage companies. He excels at quickly accessing strategic opportunities and executing a plan to ensure the highest ROI for shareholders. A well-respected leader and mentor, Steve builds first-rate teams capable of shaping sustainable results. He has proven especially adept at capitalizing on and managing risk.Specialties: Turnaround, M&A and Divestitures; Strategic Planning and Dynamic Performance Management; International IR, Tax and Treasury Operations; Working Capital and Cash Management; IFRS, Enterprise Risk Management / Sarbanes Oxley; Shared Services, BPO and ERP Implementations; Restructuring/Organizational and Process Design; Governance and Policy Frameworks; Americas operations (U.S, Latin America, Asia)