Evan Gallinson Bio

Evan R. Gallinson, Managing Director, joined Merit in 2005. Evan previously worked in Investment Banking with BMO Capital, William Blair & Company, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions advisor work for middle market companies in a variety of industries. Evan received an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in 2002 with a concentration in finance. In 1997, he received a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan with a concentration in finance and accounting. Evan currently serves on the Board of Directors of CyCan Industries, Elgen Manufacturing Company, Glunt Industries, Urban Surfaces, and AFX Lighting, Inc. Previously he was on the board of Choice Adhesives, RSA Engineered Products and Storage Solutions. He is a native of New Jersey, but has lived in the Chicago area for over twenty-five years, and is currently residing in Northbrook, IL with his wife and two daughters. Evan’s non-work activities involve watching his daughters’ lacrosse and tennis matches as well as playing platform tennis and uninspiring golf.