VP of Finance @ Responsible for corporate-level planning and forecasting, strategic analysis, financial reporting and treasury management ● Enhance business performance by providing insight on strategic direction, resource allocation, key business drivers, industry trends ● Enable a better understanding of where the business is today and where it should head—and why ● Monitor performance using key metrics and reporting that link to strategic goals and financial plans ● Communicate business strategy and financial results internally to executive management, Board and investors From September 2015 to Present (4 months) Vice President, Investment Banking Division @ ● Advised consumer products and retail companies on: — Corporate strategy and finance topics including capital allocation, capital structure and financing alternatives, market valuation, activism and corporate raid defense — Strategic sales, acquisitions, initial public offerings, debt financings and spin-offs ● Met with company management teams on a regular basis to discuss corporate strategy and finance topics ● Led and managed work flow of client and transaction teams ● Clients include CEOs, CFOs, heads of business development and Directors Selected Transaction Experience: ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ● Del Taco – $550 million Sale to Levy Acquisition Corp ● Nordstrom – Sale of Credit Card Portfolio ● Grocery Outlet – $1.1 billion Sale to Hellman & Friedman ● Sportsman’s Warehouse – $120 million IPO ● Safeway – $10.7 billion Merger with Albertsons ● Safeway – Spin-Off of Blackhawk Network ● Boise Cascade – $263 million IPO and $270 million Secondary Offering ● Sara Lee – Spin-Off of DE Master Blenders 1753 ● Tilly’s – $125 million IPO ● Gymboree – $1.8 billion Sale to Bain Capital From July 2008 to Present (7 years 6 months) Senior Analyst @ Cornerstone Research provides economic and financial consulting services in complex commercial litigation. From October 2003 to June 2006 (2 years 9 months) Associate Consultant @ CAST (Center for Applied Strategy) provides management consulting services to companies in the financial services industry. From November 2002 to October 2003 (1 year)

MBA @ Stanford University Graduate School of Business From 2006 to 2008 BA, Economics with Honors @ University of California, Berkeley From 1998 to 2002 Karsten Loose is skilled in: Investment Banking, Financial Modeling, Valuation, Mergers & Acquisitions, IPO, Capital Structure, Equity Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Strategic Analysis, Financial Analysis, Economics, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Management Consulting, Business Strategy