David Tanner

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Mr. David Tanner serves as a Board Member at MacNeill Pride Group. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Boardriders. He also serves as Board Member at Gathr Outdoors. Previously, he served as Managing Director & Head of Portfolio Transformation Team at Oaktree Capital Management. He leads the Portfolio Enhancement Team. The team has the capabilities to serve the full breadth of industries and functions, offering advisory services and interim management in areas such as performance transformation leadership, operational restructuring, commercial transformation, cost rationalization, corporate strategy, talent management, core process redesign and the implementation of governance and reporting standards. Prior to joining Oaktree in 2011, Mr. Tanner held a number of senior executive roles at Fortune Brands, Inc. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development charged with leading the turnaround of Fortune's then largest portfolio company, Beam Inc. Previously, Mr. Tanner drove M&A activities across Fortune's portfolio in the alcoholic beverages, building materials, sporting goods and security sectors; led their corporate strategy efforts; and managed a range of performance improvement initiatives across Fortune's portfolio companies. Prior thereto, he was a member of the Strategy and Corporate Finance practices at McKinsey & Company, Inc. where he worked with Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms on strategy and operational improvement efforts in the consumer, technology and industrial sectors. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tanner served as a Major and senior pilot in the United States Air Force. He currently serves on the boards of Rural / Metro Corporation, Hanley Wood and Agro Merchants Group. Mr. Tanner received a B.S. in operations research from the United States Air Force Academy and an M.B.A. with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.