Christopher Growe, Chief Financial Officer at Advantage Solutions Inc.. Biography, career history and compensation sourced from Advantage Solutions Inc. proxy statement (SEC Schedule 14A).
About
Christopher Growe has served as Chief Financial Officer of Advantage Solutions since March 27, 2023. He previously spent more than 15 years as a Managing Director at Stifel, where he provided sell-side analyst coverage of food and tobacco stocks in the consumer and retail sector, and earlier covered food, beverage and tobacco stocks at A.G. Edwards. Mr. Growe began his career in marketing at Anheuser-Busch and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from Saint Louis University. He served as the Company's principal accounting officer until March 2025, when Daniel Gore assumed that role, and he continues as principal financial officer.
Roles
Advantage Solutions Inc.
Chief Financial Officer · Current role
March 2023–present
Stifel
Managing Director · Sell-side analyst covering food and tobacco stocks
since 2007
A.G. Edwards
Analyst · Food, beverage and tobacco coverage
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Anheuser-Busch
Marketing · Early career
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Fixed Compensation
FY 2025
Salary
$600,000
ComponentBase salary earned in FY2025
All other compensation
$24,871
401(k) matching$10,500
Executive healthcare$13,210
Disability & life insurance premiums$1,161
Total compensation
$1,822,687
Performance Compensation
Data from FY 2025
Cash incentive
Non-equity incentive plan compensation
$0
Target Opportunity
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PlanNo annual performance-based incentive earned for FY2025
Stock awards
Stock awards
$720,000
FormPSUs and RSUs, ASC 718 grant-date fair value (PSUs valued at target)