Bona Allen is a seasoned executive with an entrepreneurial spirit, providing financial and operational leadership at the highest levels.
From 2013 to mid-2025 Mr. Allen served as Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer for the KBD Group, a subsidiary of the US operations of Kajima Corp., one of the largest architectural, engineering, and construction companies, globally. With a focus on designing and constructing large, advanced manufacturing and warehouse/distribution facilities nationwide, the KBD Group provides turn-key solutions to its many domestic and international clients.
Over his 40+ year career, Mr. Allen has served as the CFO for publicly traded and privately held companies primarily focused on real estate development, construction, operations and investment. Property types include hotels/hospitality, industrial, office, master planned/mixed use developments, student housing, market rate and affordable housing.
He has earned the Directorship Certification, awarded by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
Mr. Allen is also active in the community, serving on multiple industry, non-profit, municipal, and association Boards
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Bona Allen has led finance at both public and private companies, navigated the savings and loan crisis, the 2008 crash, and COVID, and built strategies that kept projects and people moving through uncertainty. In this episode, he shares what it takes to lead finance through real estate booms, constr...
