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Leadership Team

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Arthur Cohen
Founder and National Managing Partner

Arthur Cohen is the Founder and National Managing Partner of CSuite Financial Partners, a firm dedicated to providing senior financial executive talent to companies of all sizes and across all industries. Arthur’s ability to create and nurture long lasting relationships in business has provided him the opportunity to help countless companies and their leaders reach their goals. Arthur has more than 30 years of experience in senior financial leadership roles, starting as a MBA/CPA with Deloitte, and ultimately serving as CFO for four different companies with revenues up to $500 million. He was formerly the National Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Hardesty, LLC and prior to that, Managing Partner of Tatum’s Southern California practice. His personal experience sitting in c-suite roles as well as his roles in practice leadership has helped lay the foundation for CSuite Financial Partners to provide the trusted quality and reliability that he personally expected and demanded as a financial executive.

 
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Kelly Anderson
Managing Partner, Orange County

Kelly Anderson began her career in public accounting performing audit work for closely held companies. She soon transitioned into industry where she took on leadership roles in the controllership of private and public companies. She picked up crucial experience in SEC reporting, acquisition accounting, and merger integrations, setting her up for further success in her Chief Financial and Accounting roles to come.

As Kelly’s career progressed, she rose to take on senior executive and c-level positions in accounting and finance. Her CFO and CAO positions allowed her the opportunity to have game-changing impact on those companies. Successfully completing SEC registration statements, completing and integrating hundreds of mergers, raising capital through debt and equity financing deals, are all examples of how Kelly’s skills and talents have helped her to consistently increase shareholder value and liquidity. Throughout Kelly’s career she has held leadership roles with responsibility for revenues ranging from $5M to $8B.

As a CSuite Financial Partner, Kelly continues to deliver extraordinary results. Leading clients through myriad engagements, Kelly is able to help clients drastically improve their operations and  maximize value in their organizations. 

 
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Ken Anthony
Managing Partner

Ken began his professional career in public accounting with Ernst & Young. Later he held executive positions with Phillips Electronics, Impellam North America, and Sparus Holdings.   Ken has taken on leadership roles with private equity portfolio companies, privately owned businesses, and public corporations; giving him personal insight into the skills, talents, and experience required to meet client challenges. Prior to joining CSuite Financial Partners, Ken was Managing Partner with an executive-level professional services firm in Georgia, where he was responsible for business development, recruiting new engagement partners, and implementing strategic marketing initiatives.  Ken is Certified Public Accountant with active licenses in New York State and Georgia.  He is a magna cum laude graduate of St. Bonaventure University with a Bachelors of Business Administration degree, and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

 
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Lori Bell
Managing Partner - Private Equity

Lori’s 25+ year career includes various roles in the banking industry.  In her prior role as Global Banking Consultant for Wells Fargo, she helped companies in the $20M  to $1 Billion range in revenues navigate through various stages of growth from start-up through ownership transition.   She understands the unique nuances of growing companies and their need for competent financial support at various stages to help them take their companies to the next level.  

Lori comes to CSuite Financial Partners with a global and national network that spans a track record of success servicing the needs of local, multi-national and international businesses from various industry sectors including private equity transactions.  

 
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Alexander Hansen
Executive Partner, Partner Development

Alex Hansen is an Executive Partner with CSuite Financial Partners and has been working with companies in varying stages of growth for over thirty years. In this time, Alex has been able to successfully provide solutions for managing organizations through rapid growth and turn-around situations, as well as taking companies public and private. As CFO, Alex has developed the financial strategies for companies that have raised equity and debt financing; successfully renegotiated leases, licenses and letters of credit to improve operating cash flow and converted under-performing receivables to secured, collateralized notes. Alex’ extensive hands-on operational experience has allowed him to build business infrastructure for companies raising capital in public markets while improving their operational, financial and administrative processes. At CSuite Financial Partners, Alex continues to meet his desire to lead clients where they want to go. His vast experience and his ability to develop strong business relationships are called on repeatedly to solve complex challenges for the clients he serves.