Gordon Laboratories, Inc. welcomed Michael R. Pereira as its new chief financial officer.  According to company CEO Greg Chambers, who recently announced the appointment, Pereira brings to Gordon “extensive financial and business experience across multiple companies and industries plus a unique skillset in both private equity and investment banking.”  Pereira's CFO experience is in manufacturing and consumer goods environments.
 
At Gordon, his primary management responsibilities include oversight of Finance and Accounting as well as managing the Human Resources (HR) and Information Technology (IT) functions. Drawing from a successful 20-plus year career, Pereira's focus will be on providing useful tools from the finance function to aid operations management, and going beyond reporting financial results to providing useful metrics for improving efficiency.
 
The CFO's private equity experience involved merger and due diligence analysis, as well as financial and accounting integration, primarily for Berggruen Holdings, Inc. His investment banking experience, primarily with Citigroup, involved structuring over $4 billion in financings, including strategic deals for The Walt Disney Company, ING and others.