Chris McMahon joined Baird in May 2002. He is Chairman of Global M&A and a member of the firm's Investment Banking Management Committee, as well as the M&A Fairness Opinion Committee.  With 29 years of investment banking experience, Chris previously served as a  Managing Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), which he joined as part of CSFB's November 2000 acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). At DLJ, Chris was a Managing Director in DLJ’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Chris received his MBA from the University of Chicago and his Bachelor of Science degree from Babson College.  He is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago and a member of the Board of Overseers at Babson College.