Derex Walker

Mr. Walker is the Chief Risk Officer of L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Walker was a partner at The Yucaipa Companies in Los Angeles where he focused on special situations investing. Before joining Yucaipa, he spent seven years as an investment banker to distressed companies at Miller Buckfire & Co. and its predecessor, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein’s financial restructuring group. He was also a corporate lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP for four years and began his career as a marketing research analyst at Kraft General Foods.

Mr. Walker received a JD from the University of Chicago Law School, an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and a BBA from Howard University. He was the editor-in-chief of The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable from 1994 to 1995.