Michael W. Walsh
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Walsh is an accomplished financial and treasury executive, with twenty-four years of progressive experience in both corporate and divisional operating environments. He has a consistent record of developing innovative cost-effective approaches that ensure delivery of profit objectives, availability of cost-competitive capital and management of financial risk.
Prior to joining Gridiron Capital , Mr. Walsh was the Corporate Controller — Americas for Cadbury Schweppes plc, a prominent globally branded consumer products company with significant operations in beverage and confectionery sectors with sales in excess of $12 billion. The Americas Region includes Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Snapple, Mott’s, Adams, Cadbury Chocolate and Trebor Allan. During the course of an eighteen-year career at Cadbury, Mr. Walsh held a variety of senior financial positions including; Finance Director — Beverages, Assistant Treasurer & Director Corporate Planning. Proir to joining Cadbury Schweppes, Mr. Walsh was a Treasury Manager and Financial/Credit Analyst at Ogden Corporation and a Financial/Credit Analyst at Dun & Bradstreet Inc.
Mr. Walsh holds a B.S. in Accounting and Marketing from Fairfield University, where he was a varsity baseball player. He also received an MBA from Fordham’s Graduate School of Business, with a concentration in corporate finance. Mr. Walsh is a member of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Executives Institute (FEI).