Title: 1) Chief Financial Officer; 2) Budget Officer
Company: 1) WM Partners, LP; 2) New Jersey Air National Guard
Location: Madison, New Jersey, United States
Mitchell T. Horn, DBA, Chief Financial Officer at WM Partners, LP, and Budget Officer at New Jersey Air National Guard, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Executives for dedication, achievements, and leadership in Corporate Finance and the Consumer-Packaged Goods Industry.
Attributing two decades of distinguished experience in corporate finance leadership to his field, much of which focused on consumer-packaged goods and the food and beauty sectors, Dr. Horn has established himself as an expert in his field. Currently serving as the chief financial officer (CFO) at WM Partners, LP, in New Jersey since 2026, he manages the financial operations for seven portfolio companies within the health and wellness segment. His responsibilities include tracking performance against targets, identifying trends early, providing strategic recommendations to business leaders and stakeholders, and supporting leadership transitions. Dr. Horn’s analytical approach is instrumental in identifying both risks and opportunities for growth across the portfolio.
WM Partners, LP, operates as a private equity firm based in Miami, Florida, specializing in acquiring early-growth businesses in the health and wellness sector, enhancing their value through operational improvements and ultimately transacting them to deliver returns for shareholders. Dr. Horn’s role is central to this mission; he spends much of his time influencing leadership teams and ensuring that each company under the firm’s management achieves its profitability goals.
In addition to his corporate achievements, Dr. Horn has served as a budget officer with the New Jersey Air National Guard since 2019. This assignment has contributed significantly to his discipline and organizational skills.
Before his current role as the CFO, Dr. Horn briefly served as the chief financial officer at Wellmore Holdings, a company that owns and operates a selection of clean, fast-growing brands across several health and wellness categories and is owned by WM Partners, LP, in 2025. In this capacity, he led all aspects of financial planning, budgeting and execution. Notably, Dr. Horn’s recruitment to Wellmore Holdings was driven by his notable success at Simple Mills, a leading food and beverage manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois, from 2024 to 2025 as the company’s vice president of finance. There, he played a pivotal role in preparing the company for a major merger and acquisition event that culminated in its acquisition by Flowers Foods for $800 million.
From 2021 to 2024, Dr. Horn served as a senior finance director at Mars, a manufacturer of numerous brands like M&M’s, Royal Canin and Ben’s Original, where he continued to hone his expertise in managing complex financial operations within a global organization. This role served as a promotion, having come from Mondelez International, another food and beverage company in Chicago, as a finance director between 2020 and 2021.
Dr. Horn’s earlier career included several progressive roles in the beauty industry at L’Oréal between 2016 and 2020, first as the finance director and then as the head of demand planning in 2017, followed by another term as the finance director from 2019 to 2020. During this period, he was part of a transformative leadership team that achieved record sales and market share gains through innovative demand forecasting and operational reinvention. This accomplishment remains one of Dr. Horn’s proudest professional moments.
For five years, Dr. Horn held positions at Nestlé, including sales finance manager from 2011 to 2014, project manager for SAP implementation between 2014 and 2015, and finance manager for financial planning and analysis from 2015 to 2016. He began his career at Unilever with roles ranging from a deduction analyst beginning in 2004, to a senior finance analyst in 2005, an associate finance manager in 2007, followed by an international assignment in Mexico City in 2009, and ultimately as an associate finance manager for marketing finance from 2010 to 2011. The international posting in Mexico proved formative for Dr. Horn’s personal growth and accelerated his career trajectory by exposing him to new perspectives on culture and business.
Dr. Horn’s academic credentials are extensive. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance and a Master of Business Administration in marketing from the School of Business at the University of Connecticut in Storrs in 2002 and 2008, respectively. In 2023, he completed the applied data science program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, followed by a Doctor of Business Administration in organizational leadership from Thomas Edison State University in Trenton, New Jersey, in 2026. These academic achievements have provided Dr. Horn with a robust foundation for his work at the intersection of data science, organizational leadership and strategic financial management.
Apart from his formal education, Dr. Horn’s commitment to professional development is further evidenced by numerous credentials. He received project management professional certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), a certified professional forecaster designation from the Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning, a CompTIA Security+ credential from CompTIA, Inc., an information technology fundamentals certification from IBM, a certificate in cybersecurity from Fullstack Academy and designation as a certified defense financial manager from the Society of Defense Financial Management.
Dr. Horn is an active member of several industry organizations, including PMI, the Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning and the Society of Defense Financial Management. Equally noteworthy is his civic engagement. He has served as a post commander at American Legion Post 322 in Summit, New Jersey, since 2022. He has also been very active with the borough of Madison, New Jersey, as a municipal board member since 2022, chair of the recreation advisory committee board since 2023, and volunteer member at large on the open space recreation and historic preservation advisory committee since 2023. Furthermore, Dr. Horn contributes as a volunteer for various veteran-related activities and participates annually with Rotary International’s New Jersey Christmas Drive.
Among his accolades, Dr. Horn was honored with an Outstanding Airman Award bestowed by the New Jersey Air National Guard in 2022, a testament to his exemplary service both professionally and within the military community. Throughout his career journey, he has attributed his sustained success to meticulous organization and consistency, a system developed over years that allows him to efficiently manage multiple requests by leveraging previously prepared materials rather than starting each time anew. Dr. Horn credits this approach with giving him a significant productivity advantage. A healthy balance between personal fitness, mental well-being and professional obligations has also been crucial for his achievements. Moreover, mentorship has played a vital role throughout his career progression. By forging personal relationships with decision-makers across organizations and engaging them on topics beyond work, he has built invaluable networks that provided perspective during complex decision-making moments.
Looking ahead, Dr. Horn remains committed to advancing his career as a CFO while leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT and Claude to enhance outcomes within the finance function. He envisions himself operating as a next-generation leader who harnesses AI-driven insights for improved forecast accuracy and better business results, believing that embracing technological innovation is essential for creating shareholder value.
For those aspiring to enter or advance within corporate finance or consumer packaged goods industries, Dr. Horn advises focusing equally on technical proficiency and communication skills. His journey stands as an exemplar within executive leadership circles, marked by expertise across consumer-packaged goods, corporate finance strategy and food-beauty sectors, reflecting a steadfast commitment to continuous improvement through education, mentorship and civic service.
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