Christina Maxwell, Managing Director
Christina Maxwell is a Managing Director for MACCO based out of Denver. She is a results-driven finance executive with 30 years of experience in corporate finance, M&A, change management, corporate restructuring, winddown management and Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Christina has diverse industry knowledge with a variety of ownership structures including public, private equity and hedge funds. She is a seasoned executive in the board room and has worked with a variety of audit and compensation committees.
Christina has a proven record of effective leadership through intense periods of rapid growth as well as decline. Her financial management experience is derived from over 20 years working as a senior financial manager internally in a range of mid-market companies. Christina has directly managed accounting, finance, tax, treasury, purchasing and IT teams. She has served as an advisor and business partner to many small, founder-owned businesses and understands the unique needs present in an entrepreneurial environment.
Prior to MACCO, Christina served as CFO for an international sandwich franchise. She began her career at 2 of the “Big Four” accounting firms. Christina is a licensed CPA in the state of Colorado and holds a Bachelor degree in Accounting from the University of Missouri-Columbia. In 2017, she was featured in “Women in the C-Suite” by Franchise Update Magazine.
Notable Assignments
As the SVP Finance, successfully executed a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization for the prior parent company of an internationally recognized franchise. As the CFO and later the CEO, negotiated and managed the divestiture of all viable assets of the business, and is actively serving as the Winddown Administrator for the organization comprised of ten legal entities in the US and Canada.
As VP of Finance and Controller, executed 3 acquisitions in 6 months to expand the company from $10M to $50M in annual revenue and drove the successful IPO spinoff of a public solar energy company from its parent company, subsequently growing annual revenue from $50M to $120M.
As the Director of Corporate Finance for a consumer products company, negotiated contracts with strategic business partners, including nationally recognized retailers and digital content providers, and directly managed negotiations, due diligence and integration of a variety of acquisitions.