MONIQUE VERDUZCO

Background

Chief Strategy Officer for Western Power Sports and Senior Vice President of Strategy at Arrowhead Engineered Products from 2023 to 2026. As a global executive she served as the Senior Vice President, Business & Integrations prior, from 2021 to 2023, and served as the Board Chair of the Foundation for The Emily Program, WithAll, from January 2017 to December 2020. She served as President and CEO of Cygnes Blanc, Inc. a Strategy and M&A consulting firm, from 2018 to 2021 with a focus on capability development and integration execution. From 1994 to 2018, she served in many roles at Thomson Reuters, including Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions and Vice President of Business & Integration Services. She was a Board Member at 180 Degrees from 2013 to 2017, and at 360 Communities from 2010 to 2013.

Education, Licenses & Certifications

Wharton Business School:
Chief Strategy Officer Executive Program
Harvard Business School:
M&A Executive Program
Master of Business Administration
Bachelor of Science
Certified M&A Specialist (CMAS)
Project Management Professional
(PMP)

Professional & Industry Experience

Chief Strategy Officer for $620M business
Head of Strategy for PE owned $2B power sports business
Mergers & Acquisitions, Divestitures, Carve-Outs
Thomson Reuters (175+), Refinitiv, CBCS, PRC, SureWerx, Parker Products, Petersime, ChickMaster, Jamesway, Design Group Americas, Ritter, Arrowhead Engineered Products (7+), Wondr Health, QSR, ATD
Head of Corporate Communication for $1.5B business
M&A Playbook and Capability Development
Thomson Reuters, Progressive Insurance, Arrowhead Engineering Products, Genstar Capital
Private Equity: Riverside Group, LaSalle Capital, Genstar Capital
Program / Project Management: 25+ years
Outsourcing Strategy & Governance: Wipro, Genpact – 10+ years
Greenfield Site Analysis & Business Case Development
Costa Rica, Philippines, India

Skills and Expertise

Strategy development for $200M - $2B businesses, including annual process, frameworks, strategy initiative prioritization, implementation, and measurement
Consistently delivered outstanding business results including leading a team over $2B in
acquisitions with over 25 deals in 17 countries and over $3B in divestitures. Led enterprise
company M&A capabilities, including playbook creation, integration models, enterprise
policies, governance processes, e-Learning training sessions for buyer/seller, executives, due
diligence and integration for Fortune 250 companies
She led a Project Management Office with a business case value over $174M in annual cost
savings and over $149M in revenue generation
She has led large organizational change management programs encompassing three
regions, over 2,000 employees and over 500 training sessions and delivered over $220M in
savings over two-year period
She developed an outsourcing governance department overseeing 716 contractors with
$13.5M in annual saving; delivered over $200M in savings over a three-year program;
included setting up a greenfield site in Central America and consistently delivered outstanding
customer service
Overseen enterprise level global Accounts Payable organization; $5B in global transactions