Co-founder & Managing Partner
Joined: 2015
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Allen has over 25 years of investment, strategy and operations experience working across industries including consumer products, restaurants/retail, infrastructure, transportation, and energy. Prior to co-founding Uncommon Equity, Allen was with Sterling Partners – a Chicago-based growth private equity firm – as a member of Sterling’s portfolio operations and investment teams, and previously spent six years with A.T. Kearney, a leading global management consultancy in its Energy & Utilities and Consumer & Retail practices. Allen lives in Chicago with his wife, Amy, and two grown daughters. He is an optimistic golfer, passionate college sports fan, avid outdoorsman, and enjoys Chicago’s exceptional local restaurant scene.