Christopher McDermott

Chris joined OpCapita in 2007 and is responsible for investment origination, transaction execution and implementation of operational improvement initiatives.
Chris is a member of OpCapita's Investment Committee and has responsibility for ESG policy and implementation Chris spent six years at Lehman Brothers (London) where he was a Director in the UK Investment Banking team responsible for the origination and execution of M&A, LBO and IPO transactions.
Prior to that, he worked in the telecommunications industry as a business planner for Nortel Networks (Ottawa).
Chris is a CFA charterholder, has an MBA from London Business School and a BSc in Electrical & Computing Engineering from Queens University, Canada.
He speaks French and German.
Chris is Non-Executive Director at OpCapita investments Maurices and the Football Pools.
He is also an Advisory Board member at retail AI technology platform Aifora.