Operators first. Advisors second.
Every partner at Kestrel has run something before running someone else's plan.
Elena Voss
Managing Partner & FounderBefore founding Kestrel in 2016, Elena spent eleven years in operating roles inside industrial and distribution businesses, including four years as COO of a platform that went through two ownership changes and six add-on acquisitions. She started Kestrel after one too many value-creation plans that never left the deck.
Marcus Whitfield
Partner, Commercial & PricingMarcus spent a decade in pricing and revenue management before moving to the operating side full-time. He's led pricing resets across manufacturing, distribution, and business-services portfolios, usually inside the first ninety days of a new deal.
Priya Anand
Partner, Operations & Supply ChainPriya ran supply chain for a national facilities-services platform, and spent three years before that inside a lean-manufacturing consultancy. She leads engagements where the fastest path to cash is on the plant floor, not in the model.
Jordan Blake
Partner, Go-to-Market & RevenueJordan built and ran sales organizations at two portfolio companies from initial platform through exit. He focuses on the gap between a sales team's activity and a company's actual unit economics — usually larger than sponsors expect.
Sam Okafor
Director, Portfolio EngagementsSam manages the day-to-day cadence between Kestrel's embedded operators and the sponsor — reporting, milestones, and the handoff plan for when Kestrel leaves. He joined after five years in private equity operations roles.
Renee Castillo
Director, Interim LeadershipRenee built Kestrel's interim bench after two stints as an interim CFO herself, including one carve-out that closed in eleven weeks. She now matches operators to portfolio companies based on the actual problem, not the resume.