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Chris Avallone
Head of Merchant Banking
Chris Avallone
Head of Merchant Banking
Chris Avallone is Head of Merchant Banking at Amherst. Chris is responsible for Amherst’s third-party capital partnerships, equity partnerships, financing, and portfolio management.
Chris joined Amherst in 2018 and has used his 12-plus years of capital markets expertise to grow Amherst’s single-family rental platform and investment management business into one of the largest operators of single-family assets. Prior to Amherst, Chris was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs.
Chris graduated from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and is a CFA Charterholder.