Star Mountain Capital, an employee-owned investment firm with approximately $4.5 billion in assets under management, added Christopher Babcock as managing director. Babcock will leverage approximately 30 years of asset management experience to advance the firm’s investor relations efforts and deepen relationships across institutional and wealth channels.
Babcock has built a distinguished career partnering with pensions, endowments, foundations, consultants, family offices and wealth platforms to help them achieve their investment objectives. He has extensive experience advising on private credit, private equity and secondaries investment strategies.
“Chris has extensive experience working with institutional and family office investors to help them optimize their investment objectives, analyzing a broad range of private market investment opportunities,” Brett Hickey, founder and CEO of Star Mountain Capital, said. “Chris will further help Star Mountain deliver exceptional client service including assisting investors and accessing products and strategies that best achieve their objectives.”
Babcock spent approximately 25 years at BNY Mellon Asset Management, most recently as director of North American institutional distribution. During his tenure, he raised assets in alternative and long-only public and fixed income strategies and stewarded relationships with major institutional clients, including the largest Taft-Hartley 401(k) plan. He also oversaw communications for key accounts, designed bespoke institutional investment solutions and mentored colleagues who advanced into senior roles.
Babcock originally joined BNY Mellon as a senior vice president and institutional wholesaler at Dreyfus Investment Management, where he led firm wide sales efforts.
Babcock also served on the capital formation team for North American institutional and wealth at LSV Advisors. He began his career at Fidelity Investments as an internal wholesaler supporting the financial intermediary market, developing foundational expertise in advisor engagement, product positioning and distribution strategy across asset classes.
“Star Mountain has built something truly distinctive: a firm that combines sophisticated investment strategies with a genuine commitment to partnership and employee ownership,” Babcock said. “I’m excited to educate investors on the opportunity to diversify their portfolios and generate alpha from the large and underserved lower middle-market where Star Mountain specializes.”
Babcock’s board and nonprofit involvement include serving as a corporation member of the Perkins School for the Blind, secretary of the Children’s Glaucoma Foundation, board member of Adaptive Sports New England and board member and volunteer with Guide Dogs of America. He holds a BS from Northeastern University and is FINRA Series 7, 63 and 3 licensed.
