Christopher Gillock
Managing Director

Chris Gillock joined Colonnade Advisors as a Managing Director in 2004. Previously, Chris was Executive Vice President – Corporate Development, Marketing and Communications for Transamerica Finance Corporation, the financial services and information services subsidiary of AEGON, N.V. Chris is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Health Charge Corporation, a provider of information technology services, consulting services and financial services to health care providers. Chris also spent several years with Heller Financial, Inc. serving as Executive Vice President – Healthcare Financial Services and Senior Vice President – Corporate Development and Investments.

Chris has worked on twelve merger, acquisition and divestiture transactions totaling in excess of $3.4 billion of value and has worked on debt and equity financings totaling over $4.5 billion of value during his career. He served as president of Transamerica Finance’s private equity subsidiary and as a member of Heller Financial’s Executive Credit Committee, which reviewed and approved all equity investments and large loans made by Heller Financial.

Chris holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, a BA cum laude in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and the Series 7, 24, and 63 securities licenses.

cgillock@coladv.com
312.870.6212