Kelly Despontin

Kelly Despontin joined Littlejohn in 2023 as a Value Creation Director partnering with the executive teams of our portfolio companies to create and implement strategies to deliver long-term enterprise value.
Ms. Despontin brings a combination of management consulting and hands-on management experience that balances strategic vision with practical and effective tactics to drive transformation.
? Prior to joining Littlejohn, she was a Business Development Director at Instacart, leading a $1B portfolio of brick-and-mortar grocery clients in growing their e-commerce businesses via Marketplace and Enterprise platforms.
Kelly also spent 7 years at Amazon in a variety of product management and category leadership roles.
She started her career as a management consultant with Kearney in their Chicago and Sydney offices.
Ms. Despontin holds a B.S.
from Northwestern University in Organizational Behavior and an M.B.A.
from Columbia Business School.?