Christopher Riegg is an investment banking leader and financial services professional who has served as a partner at Promontory Point Capital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since 2004. Over the course of more than 30 years, Christopher Riegg has supported clients dealing with a variety of complex business issues in areas ranging from growth and acquisitions to financing and more.
In many industries, continuous growth is the only metric that matters to key stakeholders. Beyond serving the collective bottom line of investors, growth can be viewed as the lifeblood of a business entity. The focus on growth provides employees at every level with a sense of purpose and a clear path forward, which is key to maintaining a motivated and positive workplace culture. While many businesses prioritize growth ahead of every other benchmark, savvy financial strategists like Christopher Riegg can help leaders and management teams anticipate and prepare for common challenges associated with growing a business.
For instance, businesses cannot grow their revenue and other assets indefinitely without also expanding their workforce. Simply put, a 10-person team would struggle to manage a workload that doubles or triples within a short period. Businesses must scale up as they grow, and that means hiring new workers. With the help of accomplished financial strategists like Christopher Riegg, business owners and executives can use this opportunity to not only expand their existing staff, but also to hire employees with skills that match the growing company’s evolving needs.
Customer needs and expectations also change as businesses grow. Christopher Riegg has supported businesses in understanding and meeting customer needs while dealing with other challenges related to growth, such as new business intelligence requirements and increased inventory management pressure.
Business growth is closely tied to business development, another of Christopher Riegg’s areas of expertise. Without developing a robust business development plan, companies will either struggle to expand and diversify their operations or collapse under the weight of new business.
Christopher Riegg has extensive experience with business acquisitions. Many of the challenges associated with business acquisition are similar to those related to business growth, as companies naturally grow by acquiring another company’s assets and workforce. Financial strategists such as Christopher Riegg are knowledgeable about issues that can occur before, during, and following an acquisition, including due diligence processes, cultural integration, and employee retention. Business owners must also ensure regulatory compliance during every step of the acquisition process.
Perhaps the only process more important to a company than continued growth is consistent financing. Business financing is particularly important to young and small businesses, although large-cap corporations continue to require financing as they pursue short-term goals that require capital infusion. Christopher Riegg can walk new and experienced business leaders through their various options, from financing capital through investors to borrowing from a certified lender.
Christopher Riegg has guided countless business owners and management teams through challenges connected to changes in business structure, including periods of ownership transition. An ownership transition can often involve many of the same issues associated with acquisitions, including cultural clashes and difficulties with employee retention. Financial strategists like Christopher Riegg excel at keeping business leaders focused on two key aspects of ownership transition planning: effective development of a company’s management team and strengthening a company’s culture before, during, and after the transition.
Finally, Mr. Riegg has helped numerous owners and managers recover from distressed situations. The basic elements of recovering distressed companies involve reducing costs while increasing revenue, securing additional capital, and refinancing or restructuring debt.