Christopher Ross

Chris Ross is a managing director in Evercore’s insurance advisory practice based in San Francisco.

Since joining Evercore in 2015, Mr. Ross has advised on a range of complex sell-side, buy-side and public transactions. His notable deals include advising Accession on its sale to Brown & Brown; NFP on its sale to Aon; Westland on its capital partnership with OTPP/BroadStreet; Align Financial on its sale to Howden; Galway on its majority investment by Harvest; Palomar on its IPO and subsequent follow-on offerings; Charlesbank on its acquisition of World; and Acrisure on its management-led buyout and subsequent investment from Blackstone.

Prior to Evercore, Mr. Ross was an associate in Citigroup’s insurance advisory group based in New York. Earlier in his career, he worked as an equity research analyst at JMP Securities and Fox-Pitt, Kelton. Previously, he worked as an external auditor at EY.

Mr. Ross earned a bachelor’s in finance and a master’s in accountancy from Wake Forest.