Chris Westington

Director

Location: New York

Chris Westington joined BCI in 2022 and is based in New York City. He leads the value creation program for the private equity asset class. BCI’s value creation strategy focuses on alpha generation across our private equity portfolio by partnering with management teams to scale profitable growth and drive performance improvement opportunities. With $233.0 billion in gross assets under management as of March 31, 2023, BCI is one of the largest institutional investors in Canada.

Prior to joining BCI, Chris was vice president of strategic finance at Rent The Runway, an industry leading unicorn start-up. During his time at Rent The Runway, Chris oversaw numerous strategic commercial and operational initiatives, which positioned the business for a successful initial public offering (IPO) in 2021. Additionally, Chris was an active leader for the IPO roadshow and S-1 efforts and, subsequently, managed public markets processes, including guidance for developing investor/analyst education.

Prior to joining Rent The Runway, Chris led finance and strategy at Jet.com, an e-commerce start-up, which was acquired by Walmart in 2016 for $3.3 billion. Chris subsequently worked at Walmart across several key roles overseeing e-commerce and omnichannel strategy. Prior to Jet.com, Chris spent 10 years in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) transaction services. Chris brings over 17 years of strategy and operating expertise across rapid scale and established public companies.

Chris graduated from The College of New Jersey with a bachelor of arts in accounting and held a CPA designation, currently inactive, in the state of New Jersey.