Chris is a member of the Capital Solutions Team.
Prior to joining Aviditi, Chris was an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he was on the Leveraged Finance team focusing on clients in the Healthcare, Industrials and Financial Institutions sectors.
Chris received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance from the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University.
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