Christine D. Gagnon, CPA, is Chief Financial Officer of Roha Group, a board director, and an educator with more than 25 years of experience across Big Four professional services, private equity, banking, and a Fortune 100 company.

Christine’s foundation is technical accounting. Over 15 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Ernst & Young (EY), she led complex audit and advisory work for public and private companies, served on EY’s Global Pre-Inspection leadership team ahead of regulatory inspections, and represented EY on IFRS 9 implementation through the Global Public Policy Committee, contributing to its publication on auditing expected credit losses. She has guided companies through IPO readiness, SEC reporting, restatements, mergers, and divestitures, working closely with regulators.

At Roha Group, a private equity investment and company-building platform, Christine leads finance for the firm and its funds and oversees investor reporting and portfolio valuations. As CFO of African Asset Finance Company, a Roha portfolio company, she built the finance function from the ground up for a multinational equipment leasing and asset-backed lending business and owned its commercial pricing. She previously led finance for Honeywell’s global GenAI investment portfolio, held CFO, COO, and global go-to-market leadership roles at EY, worked in the Offices of the Vice Chairman and CEO of a private equity-backed bank, and served in chief of staff roles supporting PwC’s US and Global Assurance leadership. At EY, she also led FP&A and funding allocations for the firm’s global financial services business, including the deployment of investment in emerging markets. She is a Non-Executive Director of Raxio Group, which develops and operates data centers across Africa, and previously served on its Audit Committee. She brings more than a decade of board service.

Christine is a Practitioner-in-Residence at Appalachian State University and has taught accounting, audit, business law, and strategy at four universities since 2014. She is pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, with research interests in technology and financial decision-making. She holds a Master of Legal Studies from Washington University School of Law and three degrees in business and accounting from the University of Connecticut, including a Bachelor of Science in Accounting awarded magna cum laude with distinction, and is a licensed CPA in California and Connecticut.

Christine is also the founder and CEO of CDG Holdings Group, whose companies include Odin Frigg, a boutique speakers agency; IVAR, a C-suite advisory practice for small and mid-market companies; and Leif Ventures, an asset management firm. A TEDx speaker coach since 2015, she has coached speakers for TEDxColumbiaUniversity and TEDxLondonBusinessSchool and is the founder and licensee of TEDxCatawba. She serves as a strategic advisor to the Meltzer Center at NYU School of Law and mentors transitioning service members through Hire Heroes USA. Outside of work, she is a wine ambassador for WTSO.