Topic: CFO Evolution

Speaker: Mark Dendle, CFO, Valtir, LLC and Dallas Chapter Co-Chair

Agenda:
- 7:30AM: Meet/Greet, Coffee/Breakfast (15min)

- 7:45AM: Speaker (50-60min)

- 8:45AM: Announcements, Wrap-up, and Socialize (15min)

- 9AM : Adjourn

Presentation:

Speaker's Bio:
Mark has held CEO, CFO, and VP/Controller roles since 1997, including at Essilor, Rexel, Eagle Materials, Ecom, Growers Express and, presently, Valtir. His sector experience spans public (NYSE, Euronext), PE-owned, and family-owned businesses in manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, commodities, innovation start-ups, and agriculture. Several companies experienced high-paced growth during Mark’s tenure, including from $300m to $1b in seven years, from $1.7b to $4.3b in four years (with group LBO and IPO), and $2.7b to $5.5b in five years. Mark has completed approximately 25 acquisitions in his career. He has participated also in two successful PE exits. He began his career with PwC in two high-growth offices, first in England and then in North Carolina.

Mark has been a member of FENG since 2007.  Mark is also active presently in the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Financial Executives International (Dallas - currently serving as First Vice-President), and Executive Connection and has served as Treasurer and then President at several not-for-profit organizations in Dallas.  Mark has served on Boards for over two decades and currently serves on the Boards of Valtir and Growers Express.

Mark is a CPA, Chartered Accountant, and holds an Executive MBA from Southern Methodist University and a BA in International History and French from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is married with two grown children.