Sightline Capital
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About the firm

Six partners who have all sat in the CFO’s chair

Sightline started in 2011 with a simple observation: owner-managed companies need a CFO’s judgement long before they can justify a CFO’s salary. We have been filling that gap ever since.

Founded
2011
Offices
3
Our workshop room set for a client day: rows of tables with blue folders and water, windows onto trees

Why a small firm

The large advisory firms are built for large companies. Their fees assume a deal size, and their teams assume a finance department on the other side of the table. Owner-managed companies get the junior end of that model.

We built the opposite. Every engagement is led and largely done by a partner. We work with around thirty companies at a time, most of them for more than a year, and we turn down work that would stretch us.

Our clients are manufacturers, distributors, clinics, software firms, trades and professional-services businesses — typically family-owned or founder-led, with between 20 and 400 staff.

The partners

Who picks up the phone

No photos, on purpose: you will meet whichever partner fits your problem on the first call.

  • Eleanor Hart

    Managing partner, New York

    Former CFO of a $60M family-owned food manufacturer; led its sale to a strategic buyer in 2010.

  • Daniel Okafor

    Partner, fundraising

    Twelve years in commercial and asset-based lending before crossing the table. Has closed 40+ facilities.

  • Martina Weiss

    Partner, Zurich

    Finance director of two Swiss software companies through Series B and a trade sale.

  • Ray Castillo

    Partner, Chicago

    Ran finance for a 300-person distribution group; specialist in working capital and ERP rollouts.

  • Priya Sethi

    Partner, exit readiness

    Transaction-services background at a national accounting firm; has sat on the buyer side of 70 diligence reviews.

  • Tom Brennan

    Partner, modelling & FP&A

    Built planning models for manufacturers and healthcare groups for fifteen years; teaches the model course we give clients.

How we hold ourselves to account

A whiteboard with to-do, in-progress and done columns and sticky notes for a tax report and contracts

  • We say no

    About a third of first calls end with us recommending something else — a bookkeeper, an accountant, or doing nothing yet. It is why the other two thirds trust the advice.

  • The numbers are yours

    Every model, pack and forecast is built in your files and handed over. You should never need us to open your own spreadsheet.

  • Five clients per partner

    Capacity is capped so that the partner on your engagement can pick up the phone the same day.

  • Fees agreed before work

    A written scope and price, every time. Extra work is quoted before it happens, never billed after.

Printed financial forms passed across a wooden desk between two people

Three offices, one way of working

  • New York

    350 Madison Avenue, 9th floor, NY 10017 · Mon–Fri, 8:30–18:00 ET

  • Chicago

    222 West Adams Street, Suite 1400, IL 60606 · Mon–Fri, 8:30–17:30 CT

  • Zurich

    Talstrasse 58, 8001 Zürich · By appointment

Meet a partner

A 30-minute call, by phone or video. We will ask about the company, the numbers and what you want to happen next.

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