Greg Stemler is a retired senior partner at EY and the founder and CEO of Longevity Brand Ventures LLC, a company that invests in and supports emerging consumer brands in the health and wellness sector. He has over 35 years of experience in providing financial and strategic guidance to organizations of various sizes and stages, especially in the consumer products, food, beverage, industrial products and technology industries. He has a proven track record of transforming businesses and creating shareholder value through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, growth strategies and operational improvements. Greg is a certified public accountant, board executive, an SEC financial expert, a strategy and M&A consultant and an advocate for entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Greg is passionate about improving the health, life and communities of consumers for good.
He has successfully advised on more than 50 strategic deals in the packaged consumer goods sector, boosting shareholder value and transforming our business into a forward-looking culture and product portfolio. Our deals involved large, complex acquisitions and divestitures worth over $200B in total. We used creative and efficient transaction structures to achieve our goals. Greg is also an investor with FirstLook Ventures.
Here are some other elements of a successful career in public accounting:
Financial expert with acute understanding of the finance function and the technical, reporting, regulatory and risk environment companies face in this disruptive time
Leader of the EY Center for Strategic Transactions, engaging CEOs and their management teams in growth strategies, capital markets, strategic alternatives and talent matters
Consumer sector luminary with significant consumer products and retail sector experience and an extensive global network of EY and client executive relationships
MADJV technical and process expert, trusted advisor to boards and senior management on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures
Champion of culture, equity, diversity and inclusion, mentor to many minorities and women, advisor to senior executives in matters of diversity, culture, talent and enablement
Education and Qualifications:
B.S. in Accounting from West Virginia University, 1984
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Completed the INSEAD Advanced Business Strategy Executive Education program in Abu Dhabi, UAE in 2015
Board and Charitable Endeavors:
National Board Member of Gift of Adoption Fund, a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides grants to adoptive families, since 2020
Investor Board Member of Gift of Adoption Fund from 2013 to 2020
Board Member of Boys & Girls Club, a Stamford-based organization that provides after-school programs for children and teens, from 2003 to 2006
Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project, a Jacksonville-based nonprofit that helps veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury or illness during their military service
Burton Memorial United Methodist Church. Food pantry operations and continuous support for Monroe County Florida at risk families.
Advisory Board Member to the Board of Directors, Ocean Reef Club
