Chris Manning
Managing Partner, Chief Executive Officer
Christopher (“Chris”) Manning is Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Greenbelt Capital Partners. Chris founded Greenbelt Capital Partners in 2021, prior to which he was a Managing Partner at Trilantic North America. Chris joined Trilantic North America at its inception in 2009, where he was also Chairman of Trilantic Energy Partners North America. Chris remains a Senior Advisor to Trilantic North America and Chris currently serves as a member of the Investment Committees of Trilantic Capital Partners VI North America and Trilantic Energy Partners II North America, and was an investment committee member of all other predecessor Trilantic North America funds. Prior to the founding of Trilantic, Chris had various roles at Lehman Brothers including Partner in the merchant banking business, the Head of Lehman Brothers’ Investment Management Division in Asia-Pacific, including both the Asset Management and Private Equity businesses; and was also a member of the Global Investment Management Division Executive Committee and the Private Equity Division Operating Committee. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers in 1997, Chris was the Chief Financial Officer of The Wing Group, a developer of international power projects and before that was in the investment banking department of Kidder, Peabody & Co. Chris is or has been a director or Chairman of a number of portfolio companies.
Chris holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Chris currently serves on the University of Texas McCombs School of Business Advisory Council; is Chairman of the University of Texas New York for McCombs Executive Committee and is a Board Member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Squash Committee.
Phone: 512 362 6255
Email: cmanning@gbcp.com
Office: Austin, TX
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