Richard F. Allen
Partner, de Visscher & Co.

Richard Allen, a partner at de Visscher & Co., has more than 30 years of experience as an investment banker in New York, London and Toronto. Prior to joining de Visscher & Co. in 1998, he was a managing director and head of the merger and acquisition group at Toronto Dominion Bank (U.S.) following the purchase by the bank of Lancaster Financial, a private investment bank where he was president of the U.S. operations. Previously, he was a senior vice president at Dillon Read, an executive director of Credit Suisse First Boston’s merger and acquisition group, and a director at Wood Gundy Inc. where he was also president of its U.S. subsidiary. He is a partner in Family Capital Growth Partners, a private equity fund focused on investing in family-owned and closely- held companies, and is a director of Blessing White and MedScan, two of the fund’s investments. Mr. Allen holds a Bachelor of Commerce honors degree from McGill University and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

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