Tony Lorenz

Tony Lorenz is a founder, CEO, investor, and operator with a 30+ year track record building, scaling, and exiting category-leading marketing and professional services companies. He brings deep M&A acumen, over $1 billion in new value creation, and guides companies through growth, inflection points, and integration under private and PE ownership.

As a board member, Tony sits at the intersection of brand strategy, commercial growth, and operational execution, suited for PE-backed or founder-led companies facing growth, M&A integration, AI transformation, and/or exit planning.

Core Competencies:

Board & CEO Collaboration | Strategic Growth Planning | M&A & Integration Leadership | Brand & Commercial Strategy | Generative AI | Founder Succession | Culture Stewardship

Current:

Founder, HeadSail | Board Advisor, Cohera (H.I.G. Capital) | Partner, CEO Coaching International | Investor & Advisor, Explori, Events Venture Group, Derse, and other boards

Select Past Chapters:

Founding Investor and M&A Advisor, rEvolution, Gloabla leader in sports marketing.

CEO, PRA where he scaled the largest destination management firm in the Americas from $65M to $200M and 60 to 500 employees in four years, ending in a sponsor sale.

Founder and CEO, ProActive: built and sold this agency to Freeman.

Certified:

Board Directorship (Michigan Ross), Transformational AI (Kellogg) | CPA |

USCG Master Captain