Lina O’Connor

Lina O’Connor is a Managing Director in the Office of the CFO Practice at Portage Point Partners in the Los Angeles office.

Lina has more than 20 years of experience across corporate finance, operations, private equity portfolio support and executive leadership. She has served in President, Chief Financial Officer and operating executive roles, partnering with management teams to improve financial and operating performance, build scalable infrastructure and drive value creation.

Prior to Portage Point, Lina was an Operating Executive at Percheron Capital, a private equity firm with more than $8 billion in assets under management (AUM) focused on essential services businesses. She partnered with management teams across multi-site, field-based services businesses, including home services, veterinary services, pest control and automotive services. Together, they focused on value creation, finance transformation, infrastructure scaling, integration and operational performance. Lina also led Percheron’s Finance and Technology Center of Excellence, developing portfolio-wide programs and tools to strengthen finance, technology, reporting, leadership capabilities and performance accountability.

Previously, Lina spent a decade in senior finance and executive leadership roles with Tender Greens and One Table Restaurant Brands, helping scale the business from approximately $12 million to more than $200 million in revenue. As President and Chief Financial Officer of Tender Greens, she helped build the financial and operating infrastructure required to support rapid growth. She later led the highly complex combination and integration of Tender Greens and Tocaya, bringing together two distinct organizations, leadership teams and operating platforms to create One Table Restaurant Brands. The result was an approximately $200 million, 46-location platform, where she served as President.

Lina holds a Master of Management (MiM) in Hospitality from Cornell University’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Business Administration and Marketing from California State University, Northridge.