Cheis Garrus

Cheis Garrus is an experienced CFO with a passion for cultivating socially-conscious new ventures and developing leaders.

Over his 30-year career, Mr. Garrus has served in various leadership roles providing advice and analysis for investments, mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, business development, and management.

He has a hands-on and high-expectation leadership style and is skilled at cultivating collaborative partnerships that benefit mission-driven organizations.

With a background in both corporate and social entrepreneurship, Mr. Garrus has worked in private equity and business development with companies such as Cargill, TCW Group, and T. Rowe Price across Brazil, West Africa, Europe, and the US.

In the past 18 years, he has also been involved as an investor, advisor, and operator of numerous startup social ventures in industries like agriculture technology, food manufacturing and distribution, workforce development, retail, and cannabis.

Mr. Garrus earned his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997 and a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from the University of Virginia in 1990.