Blake West

Blake is a Senior Associate on AEA’s Small Business Private Equity team. In his role, he focuses on investment opportunities in the industrials, services and consumer sectors.

Prior to joining AEA, Blake was an Associate in Private Equity at ICV Partners, where he focused on the business services and healthcare sectors. Blake previously worked in investment banking roles at Citigroup and Siebert Cisneros Shank.

Blake graduated with an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.B.A. in finance from Howard University.

Blake volunteers with Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), where he mentors professionals from underrepresented groups who aspire to enter the alternative investments industry.