Derrek Ross

Derrek is a Vice President at Kingswood and is responsible for all aspects of the investment process, including sourcing, transaction execution, and portfolio company oversight. Prior to Kingswood, Derrek was a Senior Associate at KPS Capital Partners, an operationally-focused private equity firm. During his time at KPS, Derrek gained extensive experience with complex transactions and was responsible for monitoring control investments within the industrials industry. Before joining KPS, Derrek spent four years at Kinderhook Industries, a middle-market investment firm. During his time at Kinderhook, Derrek gained extensive experience in executing and monitoring control investments across the business services, healthcare services, and environmental services industries.

Before joining Kinderhook, Derrek worked in investment banking at Macquarie Capital in the aerospace, defense, and government services group. He graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.