About Diane
Diane Gardner is an experienced CFO and private company Board Director.
A roll-up-her-sleeves executive with over three decades of progressive experience in global mid-market companies in various stages of operational transformation, Diane has led organizations through all aspects of the corporate life cycle, from standing up an asset divestiture to a successful PE exit.
With significant experience in divestitures, carve outs, standups, and rationalizations of legacy businesses, she loves the challenge of helping teams navigate difficult situations. Diane focuses on what is best for the organization and then streamlines the business for stability and sustainable growth. Diane understands the challenges of transforming in resource constrained mid-market enterprises, especially those with a combination of global presence, manufacturing operations, legacy businesses and other complexities. Because she has been there.
She is also passionate about ensuring employee engagement does not get lost in the pursuit of profitability. Building empowered teams of talented professionals is critical to having a world-class Finance organization. In her free time, Diane volunteers as a leadership coach to college students and continues to mentor a number of professionals she has worked with over the years.
Diane was most recently the CFO and Executive Director at Kodak Alaris, a global imaging company. She has significant experience as a change management leader, including M&A (buy-side and sell-side), ERP implementations and other business restructurings. Prior to Kodak Alaris, Diane worked for Eastman Kodak Company, Genencor International and Arthur Andersen. Her career has been focused on mid-market enterprises, specializing in manufacturing, legacy businesses and global operations. Learn more about Diane on her LinkedIn page below.
Diane now works as an advisor, applying her years of experience to assist other mid-market companies on their transformation journeys. She can serve as a Board Director to companies going through transformation, or as a CFO advisor for project-based, fractional or interim CFO assignments.