Tim Clayton

Tim Clayton is a principal at Emerging Capital in Minneapolis. He has over 40 years of financial, operational, and strategic leadership experience with companies across the country. Clayton has worked with large, public, multi-national corporations, private, family-owned middle-market companies, and venture-backed emerging growth companies across a variety of industries, including high-tech manufacturing, business services, retail, consumer products, wholesale/distribution, and financial services. He served as chief financial officer for Sajan Inc. and other corporations and as executive vice president and treasurer for Building One Services Corporation. He has also served on a variety of corporate and not-for-profit boards of directors, including his current service as the chairman of the System Audit Committee for the Federal Farm Credit System. Clayton holds a BA in accounting from Michigan State University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He lives in Plymouth, Minnesota.