Chris Brady

Chris earned his B.A. from Middlebury College (1977) and his M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business (1981). Chris spent fourteen years in the corporate finance and capital markets departments of Lehman Brothers and Dillon Read. Thereafter, he was a founding member of The Chart Group, formed in 1995. With over 35 years’ experience in private equity, corporate finance and capital markets, Chris focuses on identifying and building defense and intelligence portfolio companies. Chris serves as a director of several Chart portfolio companies and affiliates.

Chris, through Chart National, L.P. (CN), has invested in companies that work closely with defense, security and intelligence agencies tasked with critical missions.

Chris has also been actively channeling the resources of the business community to assist with defense, security and intelligence initiatives. Such projects include a venture with an affiliate of the US Army to commercialize their technologies and bring better commercial technologies to the warfighter; a leadership role with Warfighter Sports/DSUSA, a foundation dedicated to working with injured soldiers; and served as a member of the Transition Team for the US Army Secretary Dr. Francis Harvey. He has served in senior management positions in numerous New Jersey political campaigns, including Millicent Fenwick (1978), Christine Whitman (1991) and George H.W. Bush (1992).