Chris Felderman

Senior Managing Director,
Co-Head of Consulting

Chris Felderman co-leads Palm Tree consulting service lines, which gives perspectives on financial data that enable buyers and sellers to make more informed decisions, minimize business disruption, visualize opportunities, and drive value creation.

Mr. Felderman has nearly two decades of financial advisory experience including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, and spin-off projects for both private equity and corporate clients. Before joining Palm Tree, Mr. Felderman held transaction advisory roles for  PwC and EY. He also founded his own consulting firm focused on financial due diligence, where he led and assisted multiple sell-side advisory projects for a Fortune 50 client and advised on transactions ranging in size from $3 million to $5 billion.

Mr. Felderman holds both a BBA in Accounting and Master of Accountancy degree from the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. He is a licensed CPA in the state of Illinois and successfully passed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program.

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Pardis Nasseri

Chairman and CEO

Derek Alderton

Vice Chairman

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Tracy Albert

Vice Chairman, Investment Banking

Clayton Grindle

President and Chief Operations Officer

David Wolinsky

Chief Talent Officer

Ryan Kanaley

Chief Financial Officer

Chris Felderman

Senior Managing Director,
Co-Head of Consulting

Mitchel Nakken

Senior Managing Director,
Co-Head of Consulting

Stephen E. Rossi

Senior Managing Director,
Head of Investment Banking

David M.V. Barnes

Managing Director, Head of M&A

Britt Terrell

Managing Director,
Head of Capital Markets

Phillip Cooper

Managing Director

Spencer Hong

Managing Director

Rouzheen Myrick

Managing Director

Vincent Nguyen

Managing Director

Steven Richards

Managing Director

Dulce Martinez

Head of Client Coverage

Rishi Chellani

Director

Nick Fedorchak

Director

Matt Murray

Director

M. Charles Festa

Director, Talent Acquisition

Dieema Wheaton

Director, Talent Management

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Danny Arnaout

Senior Vice President

Stephanie Kersey

Senior Vice President

Kathleen Obiala

Senior Vice President

Michael Sieglen

Senior Vice President

Joseph Wade

Senior Vice President

Careers with Palm Tree

We have select positions available at all levels of our organization. Contact us for a confidential discussion about joining a firm that L.A. Business Journal named among L.A.'s most influential M&A advisors.

Exposure to projects and opportunities to work closely with clients offers Palm Tree employees lateral and progressive advancement inside the firm.

We currently have positions available within the organization for employees of top accounting and consulting firms and for recent graduates.