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Buster Kennett

Vice President Finance at Rinnai America

Buster Kennett has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning multiple industries. Buster is currently the Vice President of Finance at Rinnai America Corporation since April 2022. Prior to this, they owned and served as the Principal Consultant at buk Consulting LLC, providing finance and consulting services to various clients. Notable engagements included serving as the Interim CFO for a publicly traded global consumer products company and acting as a subject matter expert in a significant securities class action litigation matter.

Before their consulting role, Buster was involved in senior leadership positions at Brambles and Sara Lee. At Brambles, they were the Group Vice President of Risk & Internal Audit, where they led and transformed the global Risk and Internal Audit function. Buster also served as the CFO & Senior Vice President of Finance for CHEP Pallets Worldwide, responsible for managing USD 4.5B in global revenue and leading finance function and strategy planning.

During their career break at Intentional, Buster spent time with their young family and occasionally undertook consultancy work. Prior to that, they held finance leadership roles at Sara Lee, including CFO & Vice President of Finance for International Beverage & Bakery and Finance Director for Household & Body Care. Buster also worked as a Factory Controller at Sara Lee and as a Management Accountant at British Bakeries.

Early in their career, Buster worked as an Auditor and Management Accountant at KPMG.

Buster Kennett holds a Master's degree in Accounting and Finance from CIMA, which they obtained from 1990 to 1993. Prior to that, they completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting & Finance from Kingston University between 1986 and 1989. In terms of additional certifications, Buster has completed courses such as "Ask Questions to make Data Driven Decisions," "Business Transformation with Google Cloud," "Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere," and "2020 Digital Mindset." Buster obtained these certifications from institutions like Coursera and CIMA. Additionally, Buster attended IMD for Organizational Leadership, although specific dates are not provided. Buster also attended St John's School Leatherhead from 1981 to 1986, but no degree or field of study information is available for that period.

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