Chris Walker was asked to join the UF Strategic Early Stage Investment Committee in 2019 given his extensive background within private equity.
Chris is currently a principal at HarbourVest Partners where he joined in 1998 in the primary partnership group and has focused most of his efforts on US venture capital and buyout fund investments. Chris also has extensive experience working in the healthcare sector, as well as primary partnerships in Canada. He chairs the ESG Committee at HarbourVest and currently serves on the advisory committees for multiple partnerships in Canada and the United States.
Previously, Chris served as a pilot in the United States Navy for 11 years, flying the P-3 Orion aircraft, and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
He received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Providence College in 1986 where he played lacrosse all four years and a master’s degree in finance from the Carroll School of Management Program at Boston College in 1998.
Chris is also a member of the Providence College Investment Committee and is a former chairman of the Boston President’s counsel for Providence College. He met his wife Susan while at college and currently resides in Scituate, MA, with his three children.