Brad Powell

Brad Powell is the managing director of investments for Emerson Collective. In this position, he oversees Emerson’s financial and investment activity. This requires directing diligence work, coordinating research, and advising the founders and entrepreneurs who operate the companies within Emerson’s portfolio. He is a member of and advisor to several boards of both private for-profit and non-profit organizations. In addition to this role, Powell has primary responsibility for driving the community impact work of the Collective.

Prior to joining Emerson, Powell’s career spanned many different sectors, including public accounting, management consulting, financial services, and commercial real estate. He has launched and built several startups and worked in large corporate and multinational organizations. He has undergraduate degrees in accounting and computer science and was a certified public accountant. Powell has two graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology–a master’s of science in real estate and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management.