Gilles Gade

Current Role: Founder and CEO, Cross River Bank

Gilles Gade is the founder and CEO of Cross River Bank (CRB) and has served as its chairman, president and CEO since its inception in 2008. Gilles possesses over 20 years of experience in investment banking and venture capital including Co-Founder and Managing Director of Chela Technology Partners and Chela Internet Ventures, a boutique investment bank and venture fund focusing on emerging technologies and telecommunications; technology investment banker at Barclays Capital; and FIG investment banker at Bear Stearns. Gilles started his career in 1990 at Citicorp Venture Capital.Gade graduated from the MBA Institute IMIP (Groupe IPESUP) in Paris with an MS in International Management.