Craig Chesser
Finance Director
Craig Chesser, Finance Director, manages accounting, financial reporting, and financial analysis for BVGH. He has over 25 years of finance and accounting management experience with companies in Dallas, New York City, and the Seattle area. He brings experience in a broad range of industries, including public accounting, venture capital management, health care, strategic internet technical and creative consulting, nonprofit, and specialty recruiting. Craig is experienced in virtually all aspects of finance and accounting management, including financial reporting, budgeting, financial modeling and analysis, business planning, and process improvement. Most recently, Craig was the Americas Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for London-based FiveTen Group, a global recruiting firm. He has also served as a volunteer CFO for a nonprofit organization in Seattle that provided health care services in Kenya. A highlight of his career was as Vice President of Finance for a New York City technology company valued at over $1 billion where he was part of a small team that worked almost around the clock to successfully complete a $186 million stock offering in March, 2000 - just before the “dot com bubble” collapse - which would have made the offering impossible. Craig, a Certified Public Accountant, received his BA, Accounting and Business Administration, from the University of Kansas and his MBA, Finance, from Southern Methodist University.