Christopher Thomas

Bio

Mr. Thomas is a Partner at Aterian Investment Partners where he is involved with the investment and portfolio company activities of the firm. Mr. Thomas’ extensive experience includes over 30 transactions throughout the US, Europe and Asia, consisting of leveraged buyouts, equity, debt and other investments representing over $400 million of capital deployed and over $2.0 billion in financings. His comprehensive corporate transaction experience spans across a diverse breadth of industries including chemical, manufacturing, consumer products and retail. Prior to joining Aterian Investment Partners, Mr. Thomas served as Principal at Sun Capital Partners, an $8.0 billion operationally-focused private equity firm where he primarily focused on investments in turnarounds, underperformers and special situations. Prior to Sun Capital, Mr. Thomas served as Vice President of Fifteen Group, a private investment company focused on turnaround multi-family real estate opportunities. Mr. Thomas began his career in the Investment Banking group at Oppenheimer in New York, where he executed various corporate transactions and financings. Mr. Thomas graduated cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.