CohnReznick, a professional services firm, added Tyler Hendry as a partner in its private equity value creation practice.
Based in Tampa, Hendry works with private equity sponsors and management teams to build strong finance functions, improve cash flow and execute value creation plans from diligence through exit. He brings experience leading finance at portfolio companies, and helping businesses strengthen financial operations, improve working capital, integrate acquisitions and navigate periods of growth and change.
“The most effective advisors are those who have sat in the seats and faced the same challenges as the sponsors and management teams they support,” Ryan Paskin, partner, private equity value creation leader at CohnReznick, said. “That’s the foundation of our private equity practice: bringing together operators, executives and portfolio operating professionals who have firsthand experience driving performance inside portfolio companies. Tyler’s background as both a portfolio company CFO and private equity operating professional strengthens that approach and enhances our ability to help clients execute on the initiatives that create value.”
Prior to joining CohnReznick, Hendry was a vice president in the operating group at a middle market private equity firm, where he served as the technical accounting and finance lead across the portfolio and regularly stepped in as interim CFO. Previously, he was chief financial officer of a private equity-backed hospitality platform, overseeing two luxury wellness resorts in the U.S. and Switzerland. Earlier in his career, he worked in the valuation and business modeling practice at a Big 4 firm.
Hendry holds a Master of Science in accounting and a Bachelor of Science in finance from DePaul University’s Driehaus College of Business. He is a CFA charterholder and Certified Public Accountant.
