Gerry DeBiasi is a seasoned private equity partner, strategic operator, and board governance leader with extensive experience driving value creation, organisational alignment, and disciplined growth in PE-backed lower middle-market companies. As a Partner at Kidd & Company (KCO), the private equity arm of the Kidd Family Office, he focuses on developing and executing thesis-driven lower middle-market investment strategies, with particular emphasis on multi-company acquisition and integration platforms.
During his 20-plus years at KCO, Gerry has been deeply involved in the leadership and governance of portfolio companies, serving on boards in capacities including Chairman and Executive Chairman. Even when he has appointed another board member as Chairman for industry optics, he has served as the de facto Chairman — setting agendas, prioritising strategic imperatives, and ensuring management-board alignment. He has also stepped in as Interim CEO and Interim CFO when needed.
His board governance philosophy rests on three pillars: People (recruiting and developing complementary board and management teams), Process (disciplined governance cadences — weekly CEO touchpoints, monthly operational reviews, quarterly board meetings), and Metrics (tailored performance indicators aligned with strategy and investor value drivers).
Before joining Kidd & Company, Gerry was Senior Vice President of Business Development at Chatham Technologies (a KCO portfolio company), where he helped grow revenue from $153M to over $600M in less than four years. Earlier in his career he was a strategy consultant at Monitor Company, working in Boston, San Francisco and Hong Kong, and held roles at Fidelity Investments and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He has also served as Chairman of ACG Boston’s Family Office Committee and a member of The Yard Ventures Fund Investment Committee.
Gerry holds a BA in Economics, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Dartmouth College, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, earning honours recognition in the process.
