Charlie Kickham, MBA – Managing Director

Charlie Kickham, MBA - Managing Director
New York, NY

Investment professional, business developer, and entrepreneurial troubleshooter, Charlie brings over 20 years of experience in finance, deal structuring, capital raising, organizational restructuring, and real estate development to Cayenne Consulting. This experience, extending from Wall Street to startups, delivers large-company fiscal and operational discipline to emerging companies whose structures are most fragile in their early years. Charlie launched his career as a trader at Kidder Peabody, securing series 7, 63 and 65 licences, then rose to leadership positions at Fidelity Investments and TD Ameritrade in areas of securities lending and treasury. 

Operating both in the trenches as an entrepreneur and on the outside as an investor/advisor, Charlie understands the needs and demands of each. His experience lends itself to startups' quest for capital and the need for sound judgment in getting businesses off the ground. This includes expertise in organizational management, operational strategies, process and technology roadmaps, revenue and cash flow projections, financial models and forecasts, legal and capital structures, and advisory board and ramp-up strategies. Business experience spans several verticals that includes financial services, banking, healthcare, film and TV, hospitality, real estate development, manufacturing, education, apparel, transportation/logistics, immigration, and other verticals. 

Holds MBA degrees from New York University's Stern School of Business and the London School of Economics; mentors at NYU's Berkley School of Entrepreneurial Studies.

Former heavyweight rower at the University of New Hampshire; rowing coach to New York City high school students via an after-schoool boat building program.

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