Christopher Shannon
Managing Director
Christopher Shannon joined Berkery Noyes in June 2007 as managing director in the investment bank’s Consumer & B2B Media Group. In this position he provides strategic mergers and acquisitions advice to U.S. and international print and electronic media clients.
Chris Shannon’s professional experience centers on corporate and financial management with a focus on the print media industry. From 1989 to 2007, he held management positions at Quebecor, a global provider of printed media and marketing solutions to publishers, retailers, catalogers, and branded-goods companies. At Quebecor, Chris served most recently as a senior corporate executive responsible for strategic management of global accounts, including Hachette Filipacchi, Bauer Publishing and Readers’ Digest/Ripplewood; and for new business development, including B-to-B and consumer magazines, catalog, book, retail, direct mail and commercial industry segments. In that role he negotiated large multi-year transactions; orchestrated acquisitions; and managed capital expenditure analysis, change-management, budgeting and forecasting.
Chris Shannon, 41, began his professional career at Anderson Consulting (now Accenture) in Washington, D.C., where for two years he was responsible for financial research, market analysis, M&A, company valuations and implementation of strategies to maximize profitability, efficiency, and market share.
Chris Shannon is a 1988 graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he earned BS degrees in Industrial Management and Graphic Communications (Double Major). He earned an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University, and completed Stanford University’s Intensive Executive Program in Business/Publishing/New Media.
Chris Shannon is active in the Magazine Publishers Association and participates in numerous charitable causes, including the Boy Scouts of America, the Special Olympics and the M.S. Bike-A-Thon. He resides in Wilton, CT with his wife Martha, and three children.
Christopher Shannon,
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