Chris Theoharis, CFA

Summit Trail is an independent fiduciary designed and built for clients whose complex financial needs have outgrown traditional wealth management.

Co-founded an online marketplace and oversee financial operations (accounting, cash flow optimization, FP&A, cap table modeling), contributing to strategic planning, product development, and growth initiatives

• Led high-profile, FOS engagements on three ultra-high-net-worth clients ($15B, $500M, $400M) and managed a team of seven fund accountants • Provided detailed financial and operational analysis to the Head of FOS, company partners, and controllers to support strategic decisions and drive client and business insights • Served as the primary liaison between cross-functional internal teams (reporting, tax, treasury, payroll, compliance) and external stakeholders (clients, banks, property managers, investment professionals, CFOs) • Assessed cash flow, liquidity, forecasting, budgeting, and billing trends to guide financial planning • Automated Excel models (VBA, Python), organized data, and streamlined operational procedures to optimize production • Oversaw high-priority, multi-project workstreams to ensure punctual execution and reliable determinations • Managed month-end close, mark-to-market, and financial reporting, including preparation and review of 50+ standalone quarterly financial statements and 7 annual consolidated reports • Directed the end-to-end bill pay workflow • Reviewed and analyzed clients’ general ledgers for accuracy and compliance, ensuring proper financial reporting and supporting the integrity of financial operations • Handled summarized weekly deliverables, including vendor expenses and cash flow reports, and direct cash funding • Approved and distributed all client-facing deliverable • Met ad hoc deadlines under pressure with precision and efficiency

• Led the investment analytics and performance reporting team for a $20B family office ($15B non-profit, $5B trust) • Liaised with Co-CIOs, CFO, COO, MDs (front-to-back office), clients, third-party representatives, and staff; across risk, operations, accounting, cash management, payroll, and technology • Managed multi-divisional responsibilities in operations, project management, accounting, cash management, and risk • Developed and supported customized Excel VBA-based financial models, providing qualitative and quantitative analytics for senior executives to junior staff • Engineered and maintained automated models that efficiently carry out logic-based operations and solutions, with key outputs in portfolio liquidity, 5-year cash flow forecasts, risk metrics, KPIs, PE waterfalls, investment performance, P&L attribution, investment leverage, portfolio exposure, reporting, reconciliation, and compensation assessments • Standardized and optimized operational workflow, procedures, and reporting • Oversaw capital and cash management, including capital flows (calls, distributions), liquidity, forecasting, and budgeting • Calculated fee structuring and private equity distribution waterfalls, such as management fees, incentive fees, preferred return, catch-up tranche, and carried interest • Reviewed financial statements and collaborated with the audit team • Led the administration and training of three deferred compensation plans, an investment performance incentive program, and a leveraged co-investment plan • Co-managed the donations schedules of a $12B trust and the granting schedules of 4 non-profits • Directed project initiatives, third-party vendors interactions, and system implementations • Conducted operational due diligence to evaluate non-investment risks on potential investments

• Automated assessment models that tracked live-trading and risk, for a $900B asset management client • Worked extensively with portfolio managers and traders on the fixed income and futures trading desks • Proposed and executed a business plan for a target operating model that centered on functionality, scalability, feasibility, and cost • Led communications with key representatives from trade execution, risk, operations, and technology; to collaboratively streamline and optimize workflow • Presented high-level project overviews and recurring status updates to steering committees

• Teamed with clients to facilitate and manage strategic multi-department engagements • Liaised with interested stakeholders to deliver project updates, focusing on timelines, budget, action items, deliverables, risks, and success metrics • Composed client proposal presentations, industry research, and other ad hoc responsibilities

• Jointly built the operational infrastructure of a $2B multi-strat fund of funds • Co-led operational due diligence meetings with keynote operating and financial officers of asset managers • Manufactured and utilized Excel-based P&L / NAV models and liquidity projection tables • Reviewed offering memoranda and audited financial statements of hedge funds

• Built the operational infrastructure of a credit-driven, multi-strat hedge fund • Produced monthly performance reports and daily P&L models for upper management, compliance, marketing, and investors • Administered the day-to-day trade operations