Cradan helps investors assess and improve lower mid-market companies before and after investment
Our Founders
We've been business leaders and we've been consultants.
We've been on both sides of transactions.
We founded Cradan to focus on what matters.
Craig Lilford
Craig leads Cradan’s financial diligence and CFO advisory work. With two decades of experience, he combines deep financial analysis expertise with hands-on leadership as a CFO.
His experiences span across both financial and commercial leadership as well as fundraising, liquidation and divestments across a range of sectors including financial services, e-commerce and technology.
Dane Scott
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Dane leads Cradan’s commercial and value creation offerings. He has advised investors, founders and management teams for over 20 years.
Alongside strategy and commercial advisory, his diligence experience spans market analysis, customer insight, GTM and commercial model reviews, with a focus on delivering clear, actionable recommendations aligned to investment and operational priorities.