Role at Baird

Chris Coetzee is a Managing Director and founding member of Baird’s Global Financial Sponsors Group (FSG). View our recent transactions.

Professional Experience & Education

Chris has over 30 years of investment banking experience. Since joining Baird in 1994, Chris has provided financing and advisory services to companies in the Business Services, Telecommunications, Consumer, Healthcare and Industrial sectors. He was previously a Vice President with Kidder, Peabody & Co.’s Midwest Investment Banking Group. Additionally, he has six years of experience in public accounting with Grant Thornton in the U.S. and Ernst and Whinney in South Africa.

Chris received his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a bachelor’s degree in financial management and commerce from the University of Cape Town. 

Outside the Office

In the community, Chris is a member of the Advisory Board of Teach for America, Chicago.