FOUNDATION
  • Accounting Systems
  • Cash Flow Processes
  • Advisor Coordination
HEALTH
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Production & Operations
  • Banking & Capital
GROWTH
  • Strategic Financial Planning
  • Risk Assessments
  • Revenue
  • Operating Rhythm
VALUE
  • Succession or Exit Planning
  • Readiness & Attractiveness
  • Price/Multiple

Donovan Gibson

Donovan Gibson


CFO

Columbus Metro
About

Proven leader with 30 years finance and accounting oversight experience, mostly as a CFO, but also overseeing various related departments along the way like Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, Regulatory Reporting, Policy, Audit, and Cash Optimization.

Get to know Donovan’s other interests

Other Interests

  • What are your favorite activities?  Anything with friends. Name it. I’m there.
  • What is your favorite way to spend free time?  Family, Friends, Fun. Repeat
  • What is your favorite book?  Hilarious book my kids made about ‘Dad’.

Before FocusCFO

Donovan spent nearly 20 years in various financial oversight roles at JPMorgan Chase – including:

  • CFO, Global Operations and Corporate Functions
  • Senior Director – Global Head of Finance, Regulatory, and Operations Models
  • Director, Finance – Global Strategy and FP&A
  • Director, Finance – Mergers and Acquisition Research
  • Prior to that spent nearly 8 years as a financial consultant and small business valuation supervisor at KPMG.

What attracted you to FocusCFO?

The people are amazing. Small company, big hearts. It’s an honor to partner with them to build up the small business community.

At FocusCFO, we help you direct your financial strategy and achieve your goals, giving you the freedom to change your life.

FocusCFO provides expert to help entrepreneurs like you overcome these obstacles and achieve sustainable, transferable business value.

Our fractional CFOs provide the expertise of a full-time CFO at a fraction of the cost, with the flexibility to scale your support as needed. You will gain a clear understanding of your financial performance, streamline your operations, and develop a strategic roadmap for success.
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Part of Your Team

Our experienced CFOs become an embedded part of your leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance to drive growth and profitability
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C-Level Experience

Benefit from the insights of seasoned financial executives who have decades of experience working in industry, not just for it, as financial executives and entrepreneurs.
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Team Approach

Leverage the collective wisdom of our collaborative team of CFOs - decades of expertise and best practices derived from a culture of collaboration and teamwork.

THE VALUE PYRAMID PROCESS

Guiding entrepreneurs on the climb to building sustainable, transferable business value

Our fractional CFOs provide the expertise of a full-time CFO at a fraction of the cost, with the flexibility to scale your support as needed. You will gain a clear understanding of your financial performance, streamline your operations, and develop a strategic roadmap for success.

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Production & Operations
Banking & Capital
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Accounting Systems
Cash Flow Forecasting
Policies & Processes
Advisor Coordination
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