James Hilton, PhD, CFA
Managing Director

James (Jim) Hilton originally joined Crosstree Capital Partners in 2006 as only the third employee of the firm and is responsible for coverage of financial sponsors and their platforms, active in any segment of Crosstree’s health sciences universe. Hilton has over 14 years of investment banking experience, working exclusively with health sciences and medical technology businesses on all phases of private equity placements and M&A transactions. Prior to Crosstree, Hilton began his investment banking career with McDonald & Company (now KeyBanc Capital Markets). Hilton holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Duke University, also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and is a member of the CFA Institute.