Chris Collins

Singapore, 30 October 2024 – Vistra, a leading provider of essential business solutions that help organisations to invest and grow efficiently and compliantly across the world, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Collins as Chief Corporate Development Officer.  

Chris joined Vistra in 2023 as Global Head of M&A, based in Singapore, to lead the establishment of Vistra’s M&A function including deal sourcing, execution, integration and value creation. Now, as a member of Vistra’s executive leadership team, Chris will be responsible for driving inorganic growth and corporate development activities, working together with other parts of the business to achieve Vistra’s ambitious long-term strategic growth goals. 

Group CEO Simon Webster states, “Chris has made a significant positive contribution to the business since arriving just over a year ago. He’s successfully executed on three acquisitions, most recently Phoenix American’s fund administration and transfer agency business, expanding our presence and capabilities in the US market. As we move into our next 2-year era focused on growth acceleration, his executive level experience and outstanding track record in corporate development, M&A and business growth, both as a former advisor and private equity professional, will be invaluable in helping us to deliver our value creation objectives.”

Chris Collins, Chief Corporate Development Officer, adds, “I’m excited about the opportunity to take Vistra’s corporate development function to the next level and to play a leading role in identifying and delivering strategically accretive opportunities that build our scale in priority areas, including technology enablement.”

Chris has over 20 years’ global professional experience and began his career in M&A advisory and corporate finance, where he spent a decade with PricewaterhouseCoopers based in Asia-Pacific, advising corporate and private equity clients on M&A, divestments and capital raisings before moving into private equity at the portfolio level in 2016. As part of the executive management team of a global logistics technology company, Containerchain, Chris held positions of Chief Corporate Development Officer, COO and ultimately Managing Director, prior to leading its successful exit by Australia’s CHAMP Private Equity to WiseTech Global (ASX:WTC) in 2019.

Prior to joining Vistra, Chris was Head of South-East Asia for Potential Capital, an Asia-Pacific mid-market private equity firm focused on technology and services investing, a non-executive director for a growth stage technology company, Shippit, supporting the business on its international expansion into Asia and a strategic adviser to several private equity and venture capital firms in Asia-Pacific on portfolio company value creation.

Chris is a Chartered Accountant (CANZ) who holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, Australia and bachelor degrees in Commerce and Social Sciences from Curtin University, Western Australia.

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About Vistra

Vistra is a leading provider of essential business services to help companies and private capital funds grow across the entire business and investment lifecycle.

Here at Vistra, our purpose is progress. As a close ally to our clients, our role is to remove the friction that comes from the complexity of global business. We partner with companies and private capital managers along the corporate and private capital lifecycle. From HR to tax and from legal entity management to regulatory compliance, we quietly fix the operational and administrative frustrations that hamper business growth. With over 9,000 experts in more than 50 markets, we can accelerate progress, improve processes, and reduce risk, wherever your ambition takes you.

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