Chris Harrison leads the EMEA Investment Banking and Private Investing practice at The Omerta Group and has more than 20 years of experience completing searches for funds and investment banks across a wide range of asset classes, products and countries. Chris leads searches within alternative investing and private capital where he has conducted searches for leaders as well as senior and mid-level investment professionals for some of the most prominent credit funds, selected opportunistic real estate investors and sovereign wealth funds. Chris’s institutional clients include major global diversified alternative investment managers as well as respected regional credit orientated and real estate investment firms. Chris drives many key relationships for the firm and is a trusted adviser to a range of managing partners, investment leaders, and senior executives across the industry. Chris also advises investment banks and leads searches for senior roles within equity capital markets, leveraged finance, private capital markets, restructuring advisory and capital solutions, structured finance and financial sponsor coverage. Recent work includes regional and product leadership roles for preeminent investment banks and boutique advisory firms. His advice is particularly sought after by investment banks and investors entering new businesses, adding adjacent strategies, or scaling or pivoting teams for new opportunities, as well as executing tactical hires in complex and competitive markets that harness Chris’s deep expertise and experience. Chris joined The Omerta Group in 2010 and holds a degree in Engineering & Business Studies from the University of Warwick. He is based in London.