About GLouis Gary (GLouis) Monroe is an accomplished C-suite executive with 10 years of family office experience and 20 years of experience leading privately-held, middle-market companies across multiple industries. He recently started Monroe Advisors LLC to provide interim executive management and strategic planning services to family offices and their directly-held private companies. Gary has served on 16 private company boards and four nonprofit boards.

Previously, Gary served as President and CEO of a large, family-held, private holding company with four autonomous business units: operating companies, direct real estate, investments and family office services. He served as President of a four-generation family office with a heavy family engagement focus, while overseeing an endowment-style investment platform.

Before running family offices, Gary led various turnaround situations for middle-market private equity groups. He has strong experience in operational excellence campaigns, developing world-class teams, and building programs/products to exceed customer expectations. Gary has developed a strong professional reputation based on integrity, optimism, proactivity, strategic planning, time management, team collaboration, emotional intelligence, and continuous learning.

He earned his MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was also honored with an Alumni Merit Leadership Award. Gary graduated from Vanderbilt University with a chemical engineering degree and recently completed MIT Sloan's Artificial Intelligence - Implications for Business Strategy Program.