John Sainsbury

Partner

John M Sainsbury, CPA, is a versatile, high-caliber financial and operationally oriented executive. Mr. Sainsbury possesses a broad range of experience in company leadership, strategic planning, and financial project management. Mr. Sainsbury has more than 25 years of hands on professional experience as a CFO, driving EBITDA and metric performance through process improvement and employee engagement in diverse service industries. Mr. Sainsbury excels at cross functional team building, creating synergy, and leveraging both human capital and technological resources in order to maximize efficiency and reduce irregularities in accounting. Mr. Sainsbury has extensive financial reporting experience and converts operational and financial opportunities into measurable results.

Mr. Sainsbury has been the CFO of multiple mid-size companies throughout his career. Mr. Sainsbury was the CFO of the food service company at the Georgia World Congress Center and Georgia Dome for 14 years, and has extensive event related experience which involved gearing up and winding down for large scale events. Mr. Sainsbury played an influential role in these events, which included the Centennial Olympic Games, Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, SEC Championships, and Atlanta Falcons football. He also has experience as the CFO in retail, engineering, hospitality, transportation, distribution, and medical industries. In each position, he has increased processing efficiency in order to optimize performance. Mr. Sainsbury places stringent focus on the minimization of fraud through the protection of company assets. He furthermore has extensive system implementation experience. Mr. Sainsbury earned his CPA designation whilst working in public accounting with BDO and Pannell Kerr Forester.

Community Involvement & Service

Mr. Sainsbury has served on several financial committees and has a compassion for organizations that continue to promote the welfare of our youth.

Education

Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Accounting with an emphasis in Finance and Management from Georgia State University

Contact

Office: (404) 256-0003 ext. 228
Mobile: (678) 770-7201
jsainsbury@gggpartners.com