CHIP DILLON

Vertical Research Partners

(Retired 2020)

Chip Dillon transitioned in early 2020 from a 40-year Wall Street career to focus on his volunteer and board roles. For most of his career, Chip served institutional and industry clients providing research and consulting services on the Global Paper, Packaging, and Forest Products Industry. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and consistently ranked highly in the major polls/surveys of U.S. Paper and Packaging Analysts, including a #1 ranking on eight occasions in the Institutional Investor (II) poll. In addition, Chip is only U.S. Paper and Packaging Analyst to be inducted into The Wall Street Journal Analyst “Hall of Fame.”

A Wall Street veteran, Chip has focused on the Global Paper, Packaging, and Forest Products Industry space for more than three decades. He joined Vertical Research in July 2011 after serving as a Managing Director at Credit Suisse and prior to that, Citigroup Investment Research. He also worked at First Manhattan Co. and J.P. Morgan Investment Management.

Born in Raleigh, NC, Chip earned a BS from the University of North Carolina, and an MBA from Columbia University. Chip and his wife, Margaret, enjoy traveling, have five grown children and have transitioned from the New York area to North Carolina. Chip remains busy in his volunteer and board roles, as well as keeping up with industry and market trends.