OUR BACKSTORY
With big business in our background, we are entrepreneurial in having launched Abingdon Square Advisors. With over 35 years of combined experience, we are uniquely positioned to recognize the hurdles that face small and growing businesses, yet we know the culture and operational structures of large corporate organizations.
Meet our leadership team.
Wendy Fraulo, Founder
Wendy founded Abingdon Square Partners after serving as CFO of publicly traded OTC Markets Group for four years. Prior to OTC, Wendy spent twelve years at Arthur Andersen and Deloitte & Touche in their Assurance and M&A Transaction Services focused on Technology, Media and Telecom.
In her roles, Wendy has built accounting teams, implemented accounting and financial systems, and prepared companies for IPOs, restatements and acquisitions. Wendy’s success is built on her perspective having been part of and advisor to multi-billion dollar organizations, as well as small and medium sized start-up and growth companies.
Wendy is a CPA in Massachusetts, New York and Washington D.C., and an AICPA member and NYSSCPA member, and has executive education from Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business Education and Columbia Business School.
Bonnie Ryan Arrante, Business Development & Client Relationships
Bonnie held several leadership positions within Silicon Valley Bank over her twelve-year tenure, most recently serving as Director for Silicon Valley Bank’s New York Structured Finance Group, and Early Stage Lending Practice.
In her roles, Bonnie has built and developed banking and sales teams, developed and managed relationships with founders, management teams and investors, as well as structured and advised on senior and mezzanine debt for companies that had raised institutional venture capital. Additionally, Bonnie advised her clients in financial analysis, business strategy, fundraising, and tactical execution to ensure their successful growth and exits.
Previously, Bonnie was in the public accounting sector at Deloitte & Touche in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice serving early stage, venture capital backed technology businesses as well as working on IPOs and M&A advisory engagements. Bonnie is a CPA in New York and graduated from Boston College.
Let’s connect to talk about how our team can help you.
