Adrian D. Adderley – Founder & CEO

Background
Adrian is an accomplished financial and operational leader with 15+ years of experience scaling companies across private equity–backed and high-growth environments. His expertise spans capital allocation, M&A integration, operational turnarounds, and building strong leadership cultures.

Experience
Throughout his career, Adrian has led financial and operational transformations across private equity-backed platforms, high-growth startups, and public companies. His focus centers on fixing what's broken, bringing clarity to complexity, and building scalable systems with disciplined execution. He has consistently improved financial performance, strengthened operational discipline, and developed teams capable of sustaining long-term success. Adrian's approach combines institutional rigor with a founder's ownership mindset—prioritizing capital efficiency, data-driven decision-making, automation and cultural accountability.

Past roles included: CFO/COO, Portfolio CFO, Equity Capital Markets, VP of FP&A, Operations Strategy & Innovation Analyst, and board positions across education and nonprofit sectors.

Founder Vision
As the founder of adderley.co, Adrian is focused on financial discipline, operational excellence, and a culture of people and performance. His vision is to create compounding growth while developing leaders, empowering teams, and driving sustainable value for partners, employees, and communities.