Prior to Venable, Francis drove strategic initiative planning and execution at fintech startup Stavvy and large Japanese multinational bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). Before his roles shaping strategy and business operations internally, Francis advised leading organizations as a management consultant with Big Four accounting firms Deloitte and Ernst & Young (EY), specializing in strategy and profit improvement, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transaction advisory, and process improvement.