
Dan Hattori
Dan Hattori serves as a strategic and financial advisor to CoPeace, its subsidiaries and its clients. His work for CoPeace focuses on supporting the finance team in their investment decisions as well as working with CoPeace clients to help implement their business, financial and growth objectives.
Dan is a senior executive with more than 30 years of strategic consulting, financial services and entrepreneurial experience. Early in his career as consultant for McKinsey and Company, Dan learned the value of strategic thinking and recognized his passion for helping to grow companies.
As one of the founding members of Deerfield Capital Management’s (“DCM”) bank loan team, Dan helped grow assets under management from $0 to over $9 billion. He led the expansion of DCM into Europe as President and CEO of DCM-Europe. He was then promoted to Chief Operating Officer of the parent company, where he led the growth of DCM by merging it with two other bank loan companies.
In addition to his extensive financial management experience, Dan combined his passion for food with his entrepreneurial spirit by creating one of the most critically acclaimed food trucks in Chicago - PIKO Street Kitchen. He was hands-on in all aspects of the business from menu creation to truck design to business operations. As an owner of a startup, Dan understands the challenges small businesses face and has first-hand experience in how to address them.
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