Tom Coyne
Global CFO | Capital Raising, Turnarounds & Board Governance | Leading Through Volatility and Uncertainty
- Role
- Co-founder at Strategic Risk Institute Llc
- Location
- Denver, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tom Coyne
Global Chief Financial Officer and Board Director with 20+ years of experience driving financial strategy, capital raising, restructuring, governance, and strategic risk management across multiple industries. Proven success in securing $180M+ in private equity financing, leading complex turnarounds, resolving stakeholder conflicts, and delivering sustainable shareholder value.I have partnered with boards, investors, and management teams to design and execute strategies that strengthen financial performance, optimize capital structures, embed resilience, and enable organizations to adapt and succeed in volatile, uncertain environments.Career highlights include- Raised $60M in private equity financing at Inflection Energy, scaling to >2 TCF reserves- Directed turnaround and takeover defense at Swiss Bioceuticals AG- Structured $120M renewable energy project financing at Optimal Energy- Led global turnaround of TSX-listed CCR Technologies, outperforming the Russell Index by 43%.Beyond finance, I bring deep expertise in strategic risk and foresight. As co-founder of the Strategic Risk Institute, I develop practical frameworks for boards and executives to anticipate and adapt to uncertainty. I have published widely on governance, forecasting, and systemic risk (on strategicrismkinstitute.substack.com and and for four years was a member of IARPA’s Good Judgment Project, profiled in the book Superforecasting.Fluent in Spanish with U.S. and EU (Ireland) passports, I bring extensive international operating experience across 20+ countries. I also serve as Finance Chair of a U.S. charter school network. Open to CFO opportunities in private equity-backed and mid-market companies, and board/advisory roles where financial leadership, governance, and strategic risk expertise are critical.
Experience
Co-founder
Dec 2020 — Present · Denver, CO, US
Designed and delivered certificate programs on strategic risk and governance for executives, boards, and investors- Developed practical frameworks to help leaders anticipate, assess, and adapt to emerging threats- Published insights on complex adaptive systems, strategic failure, and governance effectiveness, which built on the 28 years I spent editing The Index Investor, an online journal that provided subscribers with global macro analysis and asset allocation recommendations (including advanced warning of 2008, and 2020 crises).
Education
Georgetown University
BSFS, International Economics
1975 — 1979
Harvard Business School
MBA, Finance & General Management
1982 — 1984
Skills
- Project Management
- Private Equity
- Valuation
- Leadership
- Economics
- Governance
- Business Process Improvement
- Restructuring
- Board Governance
- Financial Analysis
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- International Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Program Management
- Performance Improvement
- Due Diligence
- Corporate Finance
- Writing
- Change Management
- Financial Modeling
- Public Policy
- Investment Banking
- Etfs
- Strategy
- Strategic Consulting
- Forecasting
- Management Consulting
- Consulting
- Management
- Strategic Planning
- Corporate Development
- K-12
- Emerging Markets
- Business Development
- Risk Assessment
- Executive Management
- Business Planning
- Gas
- Business Transformation
- Energy
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