Chris is a Principal of Silverfern affiliate Silverfern Co-Investment PartnersTM, and brings over 15 years of direct private equity investing experience to the SCIP team. Acting as a lead private equity investor, Chris has worked on transactions in North America and Europe involving over $500 million of private equity and over $1 billion of debt financing.

Prior to joining SCIP, Chris was a Principal with LNK Partners, a private equity firm with $400 million under management focused on the retail and consumer sectors. Prior to LNK, Chris worked with private equity firms including McCown DeLeeuw, Investcorp International, and Morgan Stanley Capital Partners focusing on a variety of industry sectors. He has previously served as a member of the board of directors of Distribution Dynamics, Inc., Frontway Network Solutions, and On Stage Entertainment Inc.

Chris earned his Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame.