Renée M. Lercher

Renée M. Lercher is currently the CFO at K2 Integrity. Prior to this, they were the Chief Financial Officer at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP from November 2005 to October 2015. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is a top 15 Am Law global law firm measured by Profits per Partner (1,200 lawyers).

As a member of the leadership team, they developed and implemented strategic financial initiatives. Renée also directed a global finance staff of 140 managers and directors to ensure a strong commitment to client service and statutory compliance. Some of their notable achievements include: providing actionable performance recommendations to the Executive Committee; identifying and implementing strategic solutions that optimized growth and mitigated risks; developing a financial strategy associated with office space leases, resulting in beneficial financial impact and strategic treatment for U.S. and foreign taxes; designing client profitability tools that improved competitive market advantage, revenue growth and enhanced profitability, including an alternative fee arrangement model utilized in client negotiations; creating and implementing a strategy to install multi-currency and statutory compliant financial systems that realigned staff responsibilities; producing financial modeling including multi-year financial projections, tax planning and statutory compliance that supported the decision to open five new offices; and implementing operational efficiencies that reduced overtime and managed headcount growth.

Renée M. Lercher has a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Accounting from Baruch College and is certified as a CPA (Certified Public Accountant).

Renée M. Lercher reports to Jeremy M. Kroll, President, CEO & Co-Founder. They work with Bruce Goslin - Executive Managing Director, David Aronberg - CIO, and Gerald Werner - CISO.