Pete Rennard is an Orange County, California based Partner at Hardesty, LLC.

He specializes in public and private consumer manufacturing and distribution in both traditional and ecommerce environments. His most recent assignments include CFO for a North American public cannabis company, CFO for a major Netherlands based manufacturer of high-performance bicycles, and CFO of a multi-national ecommerce distributor of optical products.

He has worked in senior financial roles for leading global manufacturers of vehicles and has been the CFO of private equity held action sports, nutraceuticals, fashion clothing, and machinery companies. He has also participated in carveouts, bolt-ons, and capital raises in public and private equity held enterprises.

Pete is a graduate of Westmont College and earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance at Pepperdine University.

He is a former officer in the U. S. Coast Guard, a Certified Public Accountant, ironman triathlete, and pilot.