Bio

Christopher McCord serves as Managing Director at Healthcare Growth Partners. Since launching HGP in 2006, Christopher has built HGP into the leading advisory firm serving the innovative and growth market of health informatics, having closed over $2 billion across over 120 health informatics and digital health transactions. Prior to HGP, Christopher worked with Mercury Fund, an early stage venture capital fund, where he evaluated new investments and worked closely with portfolio companies on strategic and operational initiatives. In this capacity, he served as CFO of Marval Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing innovative contrast agents for medical imaging, through three rounds of funding totaling over $30mm. Christopher previously worked at VMG Health, a strategic and financial advisor serving the healthcare providers sector, and KPMG, where he worked in the technology corporate finance group. Christopher holds an undergraduate degree with honors in engineering from Vanderbilt University, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is Adjunct Faculty and previously served as Chair of the Advisory Council of the UT Health School of Biomedical Informatics. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Development Board at the University of Texas Health Science Center and as an advisor to the Texas Medical Center. He is an active mentor, director and investor to emerging companies and is a regular speaker and writer on the topic of health informatics.