Team

Christopher J.P. Velis
Chairman & CEO

Mr. Velis has twenty years of experience serving as an investment banker to venture funds and high technology firms. Mr. Velis specializes in medical technology, providing clients with a unique level of access to both strategic buyers and capital sources.

Prior to founding Medical Capital Advisors, Mr. Velis was a partner, board member and managing director in charge of investment banking at HealthpointCapital. Prior to HealthpointCapital, he was head of medical technology investment banking at Brown Brothers Harriman. Previous to Brown Brothers, he was a partner at Mirus and began his career in corporate finance at Merrill Lynch.

Thomas J. Duquette
Managing Director of Investment Banking & Private Placements

Mr. Duquette is responsible for client support, including growing, developing and managing our network of investors, clients and industry contacts. He provides project leadership for private placements, as well as assisting in research and valuation analysis. His approach to helping clients involves learning their needs, then utilizing the appropriate firm resources to create the optimal solution for the client.

Prior to joining Medical Capital Advisors, Tom enjoyed 16 years of work at Bear Stearns & Co. He served as Associate Director, Private Client Services, and was head of client service on a wealth management team which included the co-founder of Bear Stearns’ Wealth Management Services division. Tom’s specialty was identifying client needs, and then leveraging the top resources in departments which could deliver the best solutions for each client. His experience included work with investment banking, private placements, merchant banking, institutional equities, block trading, control stock, derivatives, hedging, wealth management, and trust/estate planning.