Christine D. Gagnon is an American executive and internationally recognized speaker coach, agent and advisor.  Christine serves as Chief Financial Officer, Roha Group Inc, a New York–based private equity firm.  She is also Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CDG Holdings Group, a diversified corporation comprising three subsidiaries:

Odin Frigg | A boutique speakers agency offering a full suite of services from contract and deal negotiation to administrative, coaching and consulting services. 

Leif Ventures | An asset manager deploying capital, in partnership with Morgan Stanley, in an innovative, tactical manner with risk mitigation overlay. 

IVAR | A c-suite advisory services firm focused on providing financial, accounting, operational and strategic advice to small and mid-market enterprises.   

As a seasoned executive, she most recently held the positions of IT Finance Transformation Leader and Head of Finance, Generative AI at Honeywell International Inc., based in its global headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to joining Honeywell, Christine held the position of Chief Financial Officer, African Asset Finance Company, contemporaneously serving on the audit committee of Raxio Group, portfolio companies of Roha Group Inc,  and on the board of several portfolio company subsidiaries. She is a Certified Public Accountant with in-depth experience across functions including accounting, finance, treasury, credit, legal, risk and operations. 

Over her 20+ year international career, having resided in Europe and Africa in addition to her home country, Christine has served in both public and private sectors holding positions as EMEIA Chief Operating Officer, EMEIA Chief Financial Officer and Global Head of Go-to-Market, Financial Crime and Chief Operating Officer, Financial Services Africa at Ernst & Young LLP; First Vice President, Offices of the Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman at OneWest Bank; and Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.  

Christine serves as strategic advisor to the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU School of Law; she is a member of MIT’s Work of the Future Working Group (Generative AI) as well as Women Defining AI (WDAI), Senior Women in Private Equity (SWIPE) Network, and Worldwide Women’s Association (WWA). She is active in the veteran community volunteering for Hire Heroes USA and serves on the Board and Audit Committee of The Partnership to End Homelessness.  Christine is also an active member of the TED community, serving as speaker coach for TEDx Columbia Business School (TEDxColumbiaUniversity) and Founder/Licensee of TEDxCatawba. She previously served as the speaker coach for TEDxLondonBusinessSchool.

In 2021, she was named in Monitor's Top 50 Women in Equipment Finance. Christine was also named in Acquisition International’s (AI’s) Global CFO Excellence Awards as Most Innovative Venture Capital & Investment CFO (2024), and in AI’s Influential Businesswoman Awards as Most Influential Emerging Market Asset Finance Company CFO (2023).

Christine graduated magna cum laude with distinction from the University of Connecticut, earning a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, a Master of Science in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration. She also attended Harvard Business School as well as Stanford University, focusing on corporate strategy and innovation and most recently completed a Master of Legal Studies at the Washington University School of Law.    Christine is currently pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration; her research focuses on assessing the ROI on investments in artificial intelligence.

Her interests include Pilates; she is instructor-trained in the Stott method.  She also enjoys travel, especially spending summers in the UK; sailing; nonfiction particularly related to human behavior, economics and health sciences; the arts; and time with friends and family as well as gastronomy, mixology and wine. With a particular passion for champagne and sparkling wines, Christine serves as an ambassador for WTSO, an e-commerce wine distributor, a strong partnership that has spanned nearly two decades.