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Chris Calhoun

Chris Calhoun is an accomplished CEO, board director, and angel investor with over 25 years of executive management and governance experience in the FinTech and Social Enterprise verticals as well as the broader SaaS space. He has held key roles in both public and private companies with significant experience in raising capital, IPOs, acquisitions, and strategic exits for both venture and private equity-backed businesses.  Chris’experience in accessing the capital markets has been instrumental in raising hundreds of millions of dollars in angel, venture, private equity, debt, and public equity for multiple businesses including four successful exits.

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Highlights, Professional Skills, Accomplishments

  • Successfully set the strategic direction of the firm as Chairman and CEO with key stakeholder alignment and buy-in 

  • Hands-on sales and sales mgt experience with PnL responsibility throughout career – with an emphasis on SaaS businesses

  • ​Roll-up-your-sleeves responsibility as COO with an emphasis on sales, technology, data analytics, and client service

  • ​Experience with boot-strapped, VC/PE funded, hyper-growth, turn-around, private, public, and founder-led businesses

  • ​Comfortable making decisions in a fast-paced, high-tech environment with significant complexity and ambiguity

  • Comprehensive understanding of complex financial concepts, statements, analytics, and instruments

  • Proven success identifying, closing and managing strategic acquisitions and partnerships

  • Public board director and committee chair for 10+ years in addition to extensive private and non-profit board experience.

  • Extensive exposure to both B2B and B2C business 

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  • Deep understanding of the international market landscape having operated multiple global businesses

  • Material experience with domestic and international regulatory frameworks

  • Real-world knowledge building teams, businesses, and cultures for 10 years in a hybrid virtual environment

  • Solid network of bankers, PE/VC firms, operators, and strategic acquirers in the FinTech vertical and broader SaaS space

  • Intimate knowledge of how to manage a founder transition and leadership change as Executive Chairman and CEO

Board Experience

  • Over 10 years’ experience as Board Director and Risk Committee Chair at a publicly traded company

 

  • Intimate knowledge of how to run a successful Board comprised of various stakeholders as Chairman

 

  • Worked closely with executive teams on multiple nine-figure acquisitions among other tuck-in transactions as part of an aggressive roll-up strategy

 

  • Built a solid network of investment bankers, PE/VC firms, operators, and strategic acquirers in the fintech vertical

A Career of Growth and Innovation

In his most recent role as CEO, Americas for Treasury Intelligence Solutions (“TIS”), a SaaS provider of B2B liquidity and payments solutions to Global 5000 companies, Chris was initially responsible for establishing and scaling TIS’ presence in the Americas through a mix of organic and inorganic growth with a focus on the US market. Chris successfully built out the go-to-market strategy in the US, improved the product/market fit through key partnerships, and turned the Americas region into a material contributor to global revenue.   In addition to his US commercial focus, Chris was previously a Board Director at TIS and transitioned to the global leadership team at the parent company (TIS, GmbH) - playing a leading role in setting strategy, raising capital, spearheading M&A, and driving GTM activities for the global business leading to significant topline growth during his tenure and a majority investment by Marlin Equity Partners in March 2024.

 

Prior to TIS, Chris was Chairman and CEO of Scivantage from 2015 to 2020, a leading provider of enterprise wealth management and tax solutions to top tier banks and brokerages. Chris successfully completed a multi-year turnaround of the business, returning the business to growth and profitability and culminating with the strategic sale of Scivantage to Refinitiv in March 2020.

 

Before joining Scivantage, Chris was Chairman of GoodCompany Ventures, a Social Enterprise accelerator.  GoodCompany catalyzed startups with innovative solutions to big, unmet social needs. While there, Chris played an essential role in providing funding to promising Social Enterprise startups and combining two successful non-profits into a larger 501(c)(3) organization with significantly increased reach and impact.

 

From 2000 to 2020, Chris held various leadership roles including Chief Operating Officer, Board Director, and Risk Committee Chair at GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc (NYSE: GCAP), a pioneer in online currency trading.  While COO at GAIN, he played a critical role in GAIN’s growth from pre-revenue startup to mature publicly listed company operating FOREX.com, one of the world’s most recognized retail trading brands with clients in 100+ countries.  As Board Director and Risk Committee Chair, Chris worked closely with the executive team on multiple nine-figure acquisitions in addition to a handful of smaller tuck-ins as part of an aggressive roll-up strategy.   These efforts ultimately led to the sale of GAIN to a Fortune 500 company (StoneX - NASDAQ: SNEX) in July 2020.

 

Early in his career, Chris held the position of Chief Operating Officer of FNX Limited, a provider of trading and risk management solutions to money-center and large investment banks. During his eight-year tenure, he helped grow FNX from startup to industry leader and was integral to completing the sale of the company to a well-known LBO firm. FNX went on to become part of the SunGard/FIS portfolio of companies. 

 

Chris holds an MBA and BS in Finance from LaSalle University and is pursuing a MS in Environmental Studies from UPenn.

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