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Chase Rowan

Doer · DISC type ds
Founder at Explorers
📍 Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States

Chase Rowan is a fractional CFO and Operating Partner for growth-stage companies. A Harvard MBA graduate, he leverages two decades of experience in investment banking and corporate strategy to build financial and operational systems that enable businesses to scale with confidence, having raised over $10 billion across his career.

He is passionate about addressing climate change, viewing it as a major challenge and opportunity. Chase is particularly interested in economics-first solutions and large-scale environmental remediation tools, such as re-wilding and rebuilding glaciers, to create a positive impact.

Chases entrepreneurial perspective was shaped by growing up in a family of small business owners, where dinner conversations often revolved around customers and tough business decisions.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Chase shows up

Strategic Planner
Risk-Accepting
Fast-paced

They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Priorities

Topics Chase cares about

Startup Financial Strategy
As a fractional CFO, he specializes in creating the financial and operational systems required for ambitious, growth-stage companies to successfully scale their businesses.
Operational Efficiency
His work focuses on fixing fragmented systems, manual processes, and scattered information to bring clarity, structure, and leverage to growing organizations.
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Career

Work history

2025
Founder
Explorers
2023
Founder
TFP360
2005 - 2022
Act I
Various Roles
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2007 - 2009
MBA
Harvard Business School
2001 - 2005
BSBA (Finance)
University of Richmond
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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