Chris Speight Bio

Chris Speight is a Partner and our Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MiddleGround, Chris served as the Chief Financial Officer of Alltech, heading the company’s global corporate finance, capital markets, investor relations, treasury management, FP&A, and M&A Functions. He also led the global agribusiness investment banking coverage for Deutsche Bank in addition to a 10-year career with Merrill Lynch and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Throughout his career, Chris advised dozens of major Agribusiness M&A and capital-raising transactions as well as different transactions in the broader food and beverage consumer space. Chris holds his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Iowa. All this to say… we’re pretty lucky to have him.