Chris Killackey

Chris Killackey has over sixteen years of private equity experience in addition to his seven years of middle market lending experience. He currently serves as Partner in Prairie Capital, and is responsible for investment origination, due diligence, deal structuring, and negotiation, along with fundraising and investor relations.

Chris also has portfolio management responsibility for Prairie Capital, and is currently a director for four Prairie Capital portfolio companies. Prior to joining Prairie Capital in 1999, Chris was a Director of Chicago-based Banc One Mezzanine Corporation (now part of Chase Mezzanine), a $100 million wholly owned subsidiary of Bank One Corporation that made subordinated debt investments in middle-market companies nationally. Prior to joining Banc One Mezzanine in 1998, Chris spent seven years with American National Bank, most recently as a Vice President.

Chris graduated from the University of Illinois with a BS in finance. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago with concentrations in finance, accounting, entrepreneurial finance and strategic management