Chris Gildea

Chief Executive Officer at

Tower Bridge Advisors, Inc.

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Consumer Services

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Mr. Christopher E.
Gildea is a Chief Executive Officer & Senior Portfolio Manager at Tower Bridge Advisors, Inc. He is a member of the firm's Research and Investment Committee.
Mr. Gildea has over 20 years of experience in the investment advisory business.
Prior to joining Tower Bridge Advisors, he was Portfolio Manager of Portsmith Capital Fund, a long/short equity strategy and published independent research for hedge fund managers.
In addition, he was a Principal and Portfolio Manager at Merit Investment Management, an advisory firm that served insurance and family office investors.
Before joining Merit, Mr. Gildea was an Analyst with Gardner Lewis Asset Management, an institutional asset manager.
He received his B.S.
in Economics from Boston College, his J.D.
from Suffolk University Law School, and his M.B.A. from Purdue University.

Chris Gildea active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Tower Bridge Advisors, Inc. Tower Bridge Advisors, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance TBA manages equity and fixed income portfolios comprised of individual stocks and bonds. Their rigorous investment process results in customized asset allocation for each client. Each client’s portfolio is constructed of 35-40 stocks which represent the best ideas of their investment team, and an appropriate allocation to bonds to achieve the client’s requirement for income and stability. TBA’s core equity holdings will be a diversified portfolio of individual securities chosen based on a philosophy of growth at a reasonable price (GARP), possibly supplemented with passively managed index and ETFs that support complementary disciplines. For the fixed-income portion of portfolios, the firm buys investment-grade bonds in laddered maturities.	Chief Executive Officer	2025-12-31

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Gardner Lewis Asset Management LP Gardner Lewis Asset Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Gardner Lewis seeks to invest in differentiated opportunity sets where fundamental research and risk advantaged positioning can drive favorable outcomes. The firm invests in merger arbitrage, full capital structure special situations, and in equities (both long and short). While each of these strategies has their own unique attributes, all share a common research oriented, bottom-up approach. The cornerstones of Gardner Lewis’s investment process are fundamental research, an integrated approach, and disciplined risk management.	Analyst-Equity	-
Merit Investment Management LLC Merit Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Merit recommends investment strategies that best align with a client’s investment objectives while considering their time horizon, risk tolerance and financial situation. A client’s overall investment strategy reflects a specific risk-return profile based on the allocations to major asset classes – stocks, bonds, alternatives and short-term investments.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	-

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Gardner Lewis Asset Management LP Gardner Lewis Asset Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Gardner Lewis seeks to invest in differentiated opportunity sets where fundamental research and risk advantaged positioning can drive favorable outcomes. The firm invests in merger arbitrage, full capital structure special situations, and in equities (both long and short). While each of these strategies has their own unique attributes, all share a common research oriented, bottom-up approach. The cornerstones of Gardner Lewis’s investment process are fundamental research, an integrated approach, and disciplined risk management.	Finance
Tower Bridge Advisors, Inc. Tower Bridge Advisors, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance TBA manages equity and fixed income portfolios comprised of individual stocks and bonds. Their rigorous investment process results in customized asset allocation for each client. Each client’s portfolio is constructed of 35-40 stocks which represent the best ideas of their investment team, and an appropriate allocation to bonds to achieve the client’s requirement for income and stability. TBA’s core equity holdings will be a diversified portfolio of individual securities chosen based on a philosophy of growth at a reasonable price (GARP), possibly supplemented with passively managed index and ETFs that support complementary disciplines. For the fixed-income portion of portfolios, the firm buys investment-grade bonds in laddered maturities.	Finance
Boston College Boston College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Suffolk University Suffolk University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Purdue University Purdue University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Merit Investment Management LLC Merit Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Merit recommends investment strategies that best align with a client’s investment objectives while considering their time horizon, risk tolerance and financial situation. A client’s overall investment strategy reflects a specific risk-return profile based on the allocations to major asset classes – stocks, bonds, alternatives and short-term investments.	Finance