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Christopher is a Senior Associate on the Cerity Partners Ventures team in San Francisco, focusing on investing in early stage AI and software companies operating within financial services, insurance, real estate, wealth management, and other related industries.

Before joining Cerity Partners, Christopher was an Associate at Touchdown Ventures, a pioneer of the “Venture Capital-as-a-Service” model that merged with Cerity Partners in October 2024. Prior to joining Touchdown Ventures, Christopher was an Associate at Lateral Investment Management, a $500M AUM multi-strategy private equity firm focusing on middle-market companies operating in industries such as business services, healthcare, industrials, and manufacturing.

Previously, Christopher was an Analyst at Barclays within their investment banking division, specifically in their financial institutions group, focusing on advising asset managers, banks, financial technology companies, insurance carriers, and other specialty finance institutions on strategic alternatives including M&A and capital markets transactions. 

Education

  • BS in Industrial and Labor Relations with minors in Business and History from Cornell University

Highlights

  • Founding member of the California chapter of the Highwind Impact Fund (2022 - 2024)
  • CFA Research Challenge team captain for Cornell University (2018)
  • Utilities and Telecom sector head for Cornell University's S.C. Johnson School of Management's Cayuga Fund (2017 - 2019)

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