Derek is an experienced fractional CFO and business operator, with a particular focus on Seed to Series B VC-backed technology startups. His current and former client base includes early stage businesses in fintech, insuretech, proptech, B2B saas, ecommerce, life sciences and non-profits. He received his Chartered Accountant designation in 2008 and his MBA (IMD) in 2014. Derek is a founding partner of Scalepoint Advisors and leads the fractional CFO vertical. He is a practicing CFO with his own client portfolio, as well as overseeing numerous other Scalepoint CFO engagements in a coaching, mentoring and quality control capacity. Scalepoint clients highly value Derek’s strategic foresight, as well as his ability to roll up his sleeves and deliver results. Prior to starting Scalepoint, Derek cut his teeth at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK and Russia offices, before taking his first CFO role within Willis Towers Watson. He then studied his MBA at IMD in Switzerland after which he joined Amazon’s retail operation in the European headquarters in Luxembourg. After transferring to the US, Derek oversaw risk and operations for Amazon’s business invoicing and business lending divisions, and later joined the founding management team at Resolve, a Max Levchin backed B2B fintech saas and lending platform. Derek lives in Seattle with his wife and three children, and is an avid skier, pickleball player and aikidoist.