Kim Anne Starke

CFO/COO

Kim Anne is instrumental in managing the fund to drive outstanding returns for investors and the key to driving success at a number of our partner companies.  Kim Anne is a financial ninja. On any given day you might find her interpreting syndicated data to drive a brand’s next-quarter growth strategy, developing a 5-year plan or coaching a CFO to optimize working capital.  

Her unique combination of strategic thinking, detailed analytical modeling and computational speed coupled with 25+ years’ experience in the CPG industry give our brand partners a truly unfair advantage. She has helped companies of all sizes grow faster and more profitably by better understanding their business, making better decisions and driving better results.

For more than 20 years she held financial and strategic roles with Fortune 50 consumer packaged goods companies before joining us in 2013. Throughout her career she’s been propelled by her impressive business acumen and her passion for improving our bodies and the planet through the growth of meaningful product innovation and purpose-driven brands.