Chris Tanner

Bio

Chris Tanner joined Paceline in April 2025 and is responsible for the asset management and value creation planning of the firm’s corporate investments. Prior to Paceline he worked as a Principal at Leon Capital and spent over 5 years as a Vice President at Kelso & Company. During his time at Kelso, Chris supported 12 portfolio investments including 3 significant exits across a wide variety of industries and engagements including value creation planning, go-to-market, data and analytics, pricing, digital marketing, procurement, post-merger integration, IT roadmaps and cost-takeouts, and is credited with developing the firm’s business intelligence playbook which was scaled across the portfolio.

Prior to Kelso, Chris worked for Breakout Capital, a Chicago-based venture capital firm, and he started his career as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman, where he worked across industrials, healthcare, retail and financial services. Chris received an MBA from Kellogg Northwestern University and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Management from Brigham Young University.