Vice President Corporate Development

SCOTT E. MORRIS

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EXPERIENCE

CM Chase Advisors, LLC New York, NY

**** – 2025 Owner, Managing Director

• Business: Corporate Development and Corporate Strategy Advisory Services

• Sector Focus: Consumer Products, Retail, Ecommerce, Business Services

• Client Advised: global professional services business publicly traded on the NASDAQ-OMX Stockholm exchange

• Key Services: leading M&A advisory and internal deal alignment; deal sourcing and deal pipeline management; developing and executing corporate inorganic growth strategy BrightPet Nutrition Group Remote Employee

2022 – 2023 Vice President of Corporate Development

• Business: Manufacturer of premium & super-premium pet food, treats and care products; brands include: Stewart, Blackwood, Bravo Pet Foods, Miracle Care; portfolio company of Alvarez & Marsal Capital Partners

• Deals Executed: Raw Advantage (freeze dried and raw frozen pet food manufacturer); Bravo Pet Foods (freeze dried and raw frozen branded pet food marketer and manufacturer)

• Achievements: Managed the ecommerce group to a leading market share in freeze dried treats at Amazon & Chewy; led M&A sourcing, execution and integration (two acquisitions executed and integrated); developed and led the implementation of the 2023 strategic plan; managed and executed all special projects (simultaneous organizational restructuring and change management)

Treasure Remote Employee

2021 – 2022 Vice President of Corporate Development

• Business: Acquirer and operator of Third-Party Seller Brands on Amazon in the U.S.

• Category Focus: Home, Kitchen & Garden Goods, Pet, Baby, Personal Care, Sports & Outdoors

• Deals Executed: three asset acquisitions in the Home & Kitchen, Sports & Outdoors and Automotive categories

• Achievements: Developed and executed the acquisition strategy for the firm; lead all inorganic growth strategies; built a customized and scalable due diligence process; built and managed the deal pipeline; built and managed the acquisitions team

Highfive Brands Remote Employee

2020 Head of Mergers & Acquisitions

• Business: Acquirer and operator of Shopify-based direct-to-consumer ecommerce brands in the U.S.

• Category Focus: Home Goods, Pet, Baby, Home & Personal Care, Health & Wellness, Active Lifestyle

• Achievements: Developed and executed the acquisition strategy for the firm; built a proprietary deal sourcing platform ZX Ventures (an AB InBev Company) New York, NY

2019 – 2020 Global Director, Head of Special Projects – Global Finance Group

• Led all special projects related to organizational change globally

• Led the planning and alignment of a full-company internal restructuring that decentralized the organization’s management and shifted the organization’s global strategy to be investment-focused 2018 – 2019 Investment Principal, Ecommerce Ventures – Global Ecommerce Group

• Fund: Corporate Venture Capital Investment Fund with ~$50 million AUM

• Category Focus: DTC & B2B Ecommerce, SaaS, Digital Marketing, Supply Chain & Logistics

• Deals Executed: BanQu Inc. (Blockchain Records Management Platform) minority equity investment, BeerBods

(Craft Beer DTC Subscription Platform) add-on acquisition for Beerhawk, an owned portfolio company

• Achievements: Developed & executed the global ecommerce investment thesis; managed and advised 15+ portfolio companies

Emil Capital Partners Greenwich, CT

2014 – 2017 Partner (promoted from Senior Associate in January 2017)

• Fund: Early-Stage Growth Equity Investment Fund with >$200 million AUM

• Category Focus: Food & Beverage, CPG, DTC Ecommerce, Digital Media, Agriculture Technology, Retail

• Select Deals Executed (minority equity investments): Chefs Plate (Canadian Meal Kit Delivery Service); Kidfresh

(Healthy Frozen Food for Children); Balance (Enhanced Bottled Water); Aloha (Plant-Based Protein Bars, Shakes & Powders); BrightFarms (Hydroponic Greenhouse Farms)

• Achievements: Closed ten new/follow-on investments (>$30MM capital invested); managed seven portfolio companies

(board observer on all); interim CFO for one portfolio company in the beverage space PepsiCo Inc. Purchase, NY

2011 – 2013 Senior Manager – Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Group

• Managed global mergers, acquisitions, equity investments and joint ventures

• Worked with business leaders to develop operating and financial models; led internal alignment process to gain approval from key decision-makers; managed due-diligence processes

• Deals Executed: KeVita (sparkling probiotic beverage) minority equity investment; O.N.E. Coconut Water (RTD premium coconut water) acquisition; Copperpot (Australian fresh dips) acquisition of manufacturing assets through Obela (JV with the Strauss Group)

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. New York, NY

2008 – 2011 Associate – Consumer, Retail & Business Services Investment Banking Group

• Select Deals Advised: Phillips Van-Heusen (buy side) $3.0Bn acquisition of Tommy Hilfiger; Flowers Foods (buy side) $165MM acquisition of Tasty Baking; GNC $1.2Bn dividend recapitalization and $360MM IPO; NEW Asurion

$6.6Bn credit facility joint lead arranger and $1.1Bn senior notes offering joint lead arranger 2007 – 2008 Analyst – Media/Telecom Investment Banking Group

• Deal Advised: Information Services Group (buy side) $230MM acquisition of TPI Consulting 2005– 2007 Analyst – Equity Capital Markets Group

• Advised a total of 30 equity offerings to raise over $6.1 billion for clients

• Select Deals Advised: Microsoft $20Bn (lead arranger) Dutch tender share repurchase; WNS Holdings (joint bookrunner) $255MM IPO; Infosys $1.6Bn equity follow-on offering (joint bookrunner); The Knot (sole bookrunner)

$115MM equity follow-on offering; Huron Consulting (joint bookrunner) $196MM equity follow-on offering EDUCATION

Columbia Business School New York, NY

2012 – 2014 Master of Business Administration – Focus of Studies: Finance

• Elected Cluster Representative; Received the “Ethan R. Hanabury Student Representative” and the “Distinguished Service” Awards

• Member of the Private Equity Fellows Program, PE/VC Club Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA

2001 – 2005 Bachelor of Science – Major: Industrial Engineering, Minor: Economics

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