Kevin Connell · CFO · COO · Operating Executive

I build and scale
complex businesses.

Finance and operating leadership for commodities, mining, precious metals, trading, and asset-heavy businesses. 25+ years of execution — from the floor up.

Work With Me My Story

$3BRevenue scaled from $200M

25+Years at executive level

3Major institutional integrations

60Team scaled from 12 employees

The Throughline

Operator.
Builder.
Executive.

Commodities · Mining
Precious Metals · Trading
Integration · Turnarounds
Special Situations

I started working at 15 — riding my bicycle four miles each way to grocery shifts. That is where I learned what accountability actually looks like, long before I ever had a title.

Over the next 25+ years, I built a career that went from frontline operations into institutional finance, and from there into COO and CEO leadership of a multi-billion dollar precious metals business.

At MKS PAMP’s U.S. operations, I scaled a team from 12 to 60 people and helped grow revenue from ~$200M to ~$3 billion — not through strategy decks, but through operational execution, systems building, margin improvement, and practical leadership.

Before that: integration leadership across RBS, JPMorgan, and Freepoint Commodities. Controller, treasury lead, legal entity accountability, liquidity forecasting — all inside the real complexity of post-acquisition environments during volatile markets.

The pattern across my career is consistent: I walk into fragmented, messy, or underbuilt systems. I figure out how they actually work. Then I fix them, build them up, and scale them.

What I Do

Finance & operating leadership for businesses that need both.

Most executives are good at one thing — finance or operations, strategy or execution. I operate at the intersection of all of it, which is what complex, asset-heavy businesses actually require.

Scale Businesses

Build the finance and operating infrastructure that allows growth without chaos. Install management process, controls, and accountability structures that sustain scale.

Finance and operating system build-out
Team and organizational scaling
Margin improvement and working capital optimization
Management process and accountability design

Lead Transactions

End-to-end deal execution — not just diligence support, but the harder work of what happens after the close. I’ve lived inside post-acquisition environments at the highest levels.

Due diligence across finance, operations, and legal
Post-merger integration leadership
Operating model design for acquired platforms
Acquisition support for owners and investors

Fix Broken Systems

Financial restatements, audit readiness, process redesign, automation — the work that stabilizes a business and gives leadership actual visibility into what’s happening.

Financial statement restatements
Audit preparation and controls remediation
ERP, fixed asset, and process redesign
Workflow automation and reporting efficiency

Build Platforms

From trading desks to refineries to digital asset structures — I’ve built operational infrastructure from scratch in complex, regulated, and capital-intensive environments.

Trading desk architecture and operating model
Industrial buildout and production ramp-up
Digital asset and tokenization structures
Go-to-market planning for early-stage platforms

Selected Results

Numbers that come from execution, not strategy decks.

$200M→$3B

Revenue scaled at MKS PAMP’s U.S. precious metals operations over approximately a decade of COO leadership

12 → 60

Employees grown from startup-scale to institutional operation, with full management infrastructure built in parallel

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Financial Statement Prep cycle reduced from multiple days to under 40 seconds by learning to code, and then fully automating the reporting system.

3 Integrations

Finance integration leadership across RBS, JPMorgan, and Freepoint — each with distinct complexity and post-acquisition pressure

2 Acquisitions

End-to-end deal lead on two transformative transactions: the acquisition of APMEX by MKS PAMP Group, and the Bank of Nova Scotia Depository business — both reshaping the U.S. precious metals landscape

A Career Built

From frontline grocery operations to CEO of a multi-billion dollar platform — institutional finance credibility and founder-level execution at every stage

Organizations I’ve Operated Within

MKS PAMP Group JPMorgan Chase Royal Bank of Scotland Freepoint Commodities Sempra Metals EnviroTek Global LLC Enterprise Rent-A-Car U.S. HUD / OIG GreenIRR Millie Rae's VK Energy Bars Milford Mining Utah Certano

Who I Work With

Commodities, Mining & Metals Companies

Businesses where the asset is physical, the margins are tight, and the operating complexity is real. This is where my background is most differentiated.

Founder-Led Businesses Scaling to Institutional

Companies in the $25M–$500M range that have outgrown their finance and operating infrastructure and need executive leadership, not just advisory.

Investors, Family Offices & Independent Sponsors

Owners who need a senior operating executive to stabilize, improve, or prepare a business for transaction — without the cost of a full-time hire.

Post-Acquisition & Special Situations

Businesses in transition — post-close integration, financial restatements, turnarounds, or leadership gaps that require someone who has been in the room before.

If your business is complex, scaling, broken, or in transition — that’s the work I do best.

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Let’s talk about
what you’re building.

Whether you’re scaling a business, navigating a transaction, fixing a broken system, or building something from scratch — I’d like to hear about it.

Wilton, CT — available nationally & internationally

CFO · COO · Operating Partner · Fractional · Advisory

Commodities · Mining · Metals · Industrial · Special Situations

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