Chris Allen

Partner

Mr. Allen joined Palladium in 2017 and serves as a Partner. Mr. Allen serves on the Board
of Directors of Palladium portfolio companies Fora Financial, Kar's Nuts, Quirch Foods
and Spice World and previously served on the Board of Directors of Palladium portfolio
company Del Real. Previously, Mr. Allen worked at Arlon Capital Partners, a private equity
investment firm in middle-market food and agriculture businesses. Prior to Arlon, he was
an investment professional at GenNx360 Capital Partners and Windjammer Capital
Investors, where he sourced, led and structured investments in a range of industries,
including food, specialty distribution, industrials, and business services. Mr. Allen began
his career as a consultant at Bain and Company. Mr. Allen graduated from the dual-degree engineering program at Morehouse College and the Georgia Institute of
Technology with B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, respectively,
and earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.