Leighton J. Smith ACMA CGMA

Leighton J. Smith ACMA CGMA is an experienced financial professional with a diverse background in financial planning and execution, vendor and internal performance management & optimization, accounting, tax, compliance, audit, M&A, and IPO. Leighton J. has held various roles, including Founder & CEO of My Start-Up Accelerator / 360 Start-Up Partners (2019), Business Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator (2015), Financial Advisor at Advance International, Inc. (2016), Board Member at Aurelius Data, Inc. (2019), Chief Financial Officer at SOS Hydration Inc. (2019), Fractional CFO at Omni Bev (2020), Investor & Financial Advisor at RageOn! (2015), Group CFO at Seal Software (2019), VP Finance / Divisional CFO at NetSuite (2017), and VP Cloud Finance / Global Process Owner at Oracle (2015). Leighton J. has helped early-stage, aspirational start-ups achieve VC readiness and raise up to the next capitalization stage at the maximum possible valuation, raised $9m equity through multiple rounds over 3 years, set-up the financial infrastructure with which to operate efficiently, doubled revenue, helped raise $2m from multiple rounds over an 18 month period, and created a financial model to express the projected growth to potential investors. Leighton J. has also raised 50% of target funding by month 2 and 120% of target funds raised in 6 months, and helped increase revenue by a factor 5X within 9 months.

Leighton J. Smith ACMA CGMA has an education history that includes a BA (Hons) in European Business from the University of Wolverhampton (1993-1997), a Diplom Aussenwirt in Aussenwirtschaft from Reutlingen University (1994-1995), and an ACMA in Management Accounting from The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (1999-2008). Leighton J. also holds certifications from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants as a Chartered Management Accountant (2009) and from Intuit QuickBooks Training as a ProAdvisor Program Platinum Tier (no year specified).