Brian Blaney

Mr. Blaney previously served on the investment team at Easterly Partners Group, a private investment firm focused on investing in and building investment management firms. He was responsible for originating, underwriting, and structuring minority and majority equity and debt investments in a variety of asset management firms. Mr. Blaney also provided deal execution for Easterly Acquisition Corp., a NASDAQ-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that completed a merger with Sirius International Insurance Group in November 2018 at a $2 billion equity value.

Prior to joining Easterly, Mr. Blaney served as an associate at Lineage Capital, a private equity firm specializing in buyouts of owner-managed and family-controlled businesses. Mr. Blaney has also worked at M.M. Dillon & Co., a boutique investment bank, and as a credit analyst at Bank of America.

Mr. Blaney received a BS in Business, magna cum laude, from Boston College and an MBA, with honors, from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.