Prior to founding Mill Road Capital, Mr. Lynch was the founder and Senior Managing Director of Lazard Capital Partners. Prior to Lazard, Mr. Lynch was a Managing Director at The Blackstone Group, where he was the first investment professional hired to work exclusively in the private equity group. Prior to Blackstone, he was a Consultant and Project Manager for the Monitor Company, a management consulting firm founded by Michael Porter. Mr. Lynch began his career as an advertising executive at the Interpublic Group of Companies.

Mr. Lynch is a member of the Board of Directors of Vision7 International (formerly known as Cossette Inc.), Panera Bread Co. (NASDAQ: PNRA), Physician's Formula Holdings (NASDAQ: FACE), and has served on numerous private and not-for-profit boards. He earned a B.A. (with honors) in Political Economy and Philosophy from Williams College, an M.Phil in Politics from Oxford University (graduating first in his class), and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.