Functional Skills
Innovation Management
Financial Due Diligence
Business Analysis
Business Planning
Change Management / Org Design
Commercial Due Diligence
Contract Pricing / Negotiation
Future State Organizational Design
Growth Strategy
Strategy Development
Sector Experience
Business Services
Financial Services
Healthcare
Life Sciences & Pharma
Telecom
Experience
ExecHQ
Management Consulting
Principal
1/2021 - Present
ExecHQ (ExecHQ.com) is a network of senior executives who have served as Chief Officers of middle-market corporations. Jon is the innovator and founder of ExecHQ-Multiple, an initiative to support clients who aspire to an enterprise value beyond the industry multiple. Jon has established relationships with a number of middle-market investment banks and wealth management networks in the USA to create enterprise value for Clients, partners and ExecHQ.
● "I have worked with Jon and several members of his team at ExecHQ… Jon has demonstrated a keen ability to access a business, develop and execute a plan that improves the value and marketability of the business. Their process adds intrinsic and financial value for the business owner that also enables me to maximize the economic benefits an owner receives in a sale. I can recommend Jon and all the members of ExecHQ without reservation." - Jim Afinowich, IBG Fox& Fin.
● "I have worked with Jon and several members of his team at ExecHQ… Jon has demonstrated a keen ability to access a business, develop and execute a plan that improves the value and marketability of the business. Their process adds intrinsic and financial value for the business owner that also enables me to maximize the economic benefits an owner receives in a sale. I can recommend Jon and all the members of ExecHQ without reservation." - Jim Afinowich, IBG Fox& Fin.
BIA
Management Consulting
Director
6/2012 - Present
Barbarossa is Jon Rothbart’s boutique management consulting firm that provides creative, fact-based strategic guidance, corporate planning, innovative solutions and transformational support to help complex organizations achieve their most ambitious goals. Barbarossa has supported clients in dispersed workforce management, enterprise-value strategy, leadership development and operations. The company has worked with Vancouver-based & international organizations in software, healthcare, higher education, cloud computing, senior care and biotechnology. Jon is proud of innovations that Barbarossa ideated and delivered in tertiary education, industry development and enterprise strategy.
“Jon has been an instrumental part of our organization’s strategic planning. He inspires deeper thought and rationalization and has the experience to communicate often complex ideas into simple logical examples and visual stories. A true talent… " Jarrod Levitan, former CEO TriNimbus
“Jon has been an instrumental part of our organization’s strategic planning. He inspires deeper thought and rationalization and has the experience to communicate often complex ideas into simple logical examples and visual stories. A true talent… " Jarrod Levitan, former CEO TriNimbus
Crossover
Human Resources
SVP Organization Builder
1/2020 - 1/2021
Crossover's vision is to revolutionize the way people work: matching the top 1% of global professionals with top-tier careers, and finding solutions to make remote work more efficient than ever before. As an Organization Builder, Jon was a member of an elite team that created digital, scalable recruitment pipelines to attract, assess and hire top global professionals for remote work in an incomparable "future of work" innovation, way ahead of its time.
● "I met Jon on a contract engagement to define "the future of work" for a corporate client. What an impressive colleague! Of course Jon is a structured problem solver at an elite level, but I saw much more than just a smart former management consultant. Jon creates an execution path for his strategies, a step-by-step plan that brings strategy to reality. Our project featured the typical corporate constraints, but Jon's solutions transcended those constraints. He is a genuine visionary, and I am eager to keep working with Jon as he buil
● "I met Jon on a contract engagement to define "the future of work" for a corporate client. What an impressive colleague! Of course Jon is a structured problem solver at an elite level, but I saw much more than just a smart former management consultant. Jon creates an execution path for his strategies, a step-by-step plan that brings strategy to reality. Our project featured the typical corporate constraints, but Jon's solutions transcended those constraints. He is a genuine visionary, and I am eager to keep working with Jon as he buil
adMare BioInnovations
Corporate Strategy & Development
Senior Advisor
1/2018 - 1/2020
adMare BioInnovations uses its scientific and commercial expertise, specialized R&D infrastructure, and seed capital to build strong life sciences companies, robust ecosystems, and industry-ready talent. Jon assisted the CEO on developing adMare's corporate strategy, Covid response and delivered talent development innovation through the BioInnovation Scientist Program and adMare Community.
Afrocentric
Corporate Strategy & Development
COO/Acting CEO
1/2008 - 1/2012
AfroCentric is a social-mission investment holding company that is listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange. ACT has grown through strategic acquisitions to become valued at over US$300m, enriching a broad population of historically disadvantaged South Africans. Medical insurance comprises the bulk of AfroCentric's operations, with additional investments in telecommunications and mining. Jon's role included the management and governance of portfolio companies as ex officio board member and strategy officer, the sourcing of new deals and the governance of a stock exchange-listed company. Under Jon's tenure, AfroCentric's market capitalization grew 12x while earnings per share increased by 54% per annum.
McKinsey&Company
Management Consulting
Engagement Manager
1/2004 - 1/2008
McKinsey&Company is a global management consulting firm that serves leading global businesses, governments, non-governmental organizations, and not-for-profits. As an Engagement Manager, Jon managed from 2 to 12 consultants and integrated client teams to deliver strategy, transformation, organization and operations projects for customers in power utilities, consumer goods, public sector, mining, financial services and manufacturing organizations.
Various Employers
Other
Veterinary Surgeon
1/1998 - 1/2004
Qualified and accredited veterinary surgeon in South Africa, U.K. and Australia
• Grew a large branch practice for Medivet UK
• Turned around an integrated poultry production facility under Judicial Management
• Served as a Veterinary Inspector for epidemic control of Foot & Mouth Disease in UK
• Grew a large branch practice for Medivet UK
• Turned around an integrated poultry production facility under Judicial Management
• Served as a Veterinary Inspector for epidemic control of Foot & Mouth Disease in UK