Gary Crittenden Email and Phone Number

Gary is an executive director of HGGC, a middle market private equity firm. He is on the Fund I and II Policy and Investment Committees and was formerly the Chairman and and CEO of HGGC. Gary serves as Chairman of the Board of the HGGC portfolio company, Pearl Holding Group. Outside of HGGC, he serves on the public company boards of Extra Space Storage, Primerica and Zions Bancorp and has previously served on the boards of Staples, Ryerson Tull and the TJX Companies.Prior to joining HGGC, Gary was the Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup from 2007 to 2009, where he was responsible for the financial management of the firm during the financial crisis. He was also CFO of American Express Company from 2000 to 2007. Prior to American Express, he was the CFO of Monsanto, Sears Roebuck and Company, Melville Corporation and Filene's Basement. On three separate occasions, the readers of Institutional Investor Magazine named Gary one of the "Best CFOs in America."Gary spent the first twelve years of his career at Bain & Company, an international management consulting firm, where he became a partner. He began his work at Bain in Boston, and then co-founded the Munich, Germany office, where he worked for five years. He eventually headed the firm's retail practice area.He graduated with a B.S from Brigham Young University in 1976 and with an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1979.