Brian Lasher
LP
Verified
Driving teams at innovative organizations to exceed goals in in their investment, finance, general business and treasury functions, I find creative, prudent and rewarding solutions to complex problems.
Whether I was working with a Forbes 400 family, an institutional asset manager, a real estate company or a national church endowment, I developed a flexible approach to solving their specific needs:
► Financial Innovation: Leveraged founder’s vision, created an investment strategy from scratch, and offered compelling direct investments such as a $40MM Homeland Security investment.
► Product Development: Advised a fund manager to create a new product that won two awards in 2013: 1) Best Latin American Hedge Fund and 2) Best Emerging Markets Focused Fund. Clients were rewarded with generous returns: 14.7% in 2013 vs. -13.2% (-4.33% local) for the index.
► Operational Excellence: Recommended specific operational changes prior to 2008 financial crisis for a $3.1B investment management organization, which facilitated ongoing portfolio integrity and satisfied client redemptions.
► Stakeholder Relations: Negotiated rating upgrades from Standard & Poor's and Moody's; lowered debt costs for NYSE-listed company and enhanced borrowing ability.
► Market Knowledge: Invested in an Emerging Markets debt manager post 2008 financial crisis and clients enjoyed 13.2%+ annualized returns for almost 7 years vs. -0.1% and 6.0% for the indices.
M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.
Expertise: Cross-functional Team Leadership • Producing Bottom-line Results • Effective Communication • Strategic Financial Planning • Budgeting • Planning and Analysis • Operational Assessment & Execution • Portfolio Management • Process Improvement • Financial Reporting / Audits • Stakeholder Relations • Technology Implementation • Cash Management
Known for: Good Judgement • Leadership • Curiosity • Creativity • Perseverance • Persuasiveness