Mike Bufano

CFO-Plus, ex-Allbirds & Panera

Mike Bufano is a dynamic leader with a proven, two-decade track record of building and transforming businesses.

Mike Bufano is a dynamic leader with a proven, two-decade track record of building and transforming businesses within iconic global consumer companies (PepsiCo, Panera Bread, Allbirds) and building best-in-class teams.

He approaches the CFO role with an operator’s mentality and a focus on the consumer. In 2017, Mike led Panera’s $7.5B sale to JAB, the largest U.S. restaurant transaction ever at the time, and, in 2021, led Allbirds's $350M IPO, which valued the company at $2B+.