William Alderman Bio

William (Bill) Alderman is the Founding Partner of Alderman & Company. Bill has ultimate authority and responsibility for the overall management of Alderman & Company, including all client engagements, and the management of firm personnel. Bill is an M&A specialist in the middle market of the aerospace and defense industry with over $2 billion in mergers and acquisition-related transactions to his name. Prior to founding Alderman & Company in 2001, Bill worked for 15 years on Wall Street and in the Aerospace & Defense Industry, principally on M&A transactions in the middle market. His employers included BT Securities, Fieldstone, and General Electric. Bill is a Securities Principal registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and has four securities industry licenses (Series 7, 24, 63, and 65). Bill has been quoted as an industry expert by Aviation Week, Bloomberg, Reuters, Marketwatch, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post. Bill graduated from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and Kenyon College, where Bill was a varsity soccer player and recipient of numerous athletic awards. Bill is a commercial pilot with over 30 years of flying experience and owns and operates a Cirrus SR-22 aircraft. Among other volunteer activities, Bill is an active Command Pilot for Patient Airlift Services. Bill has frequently spoken at high-profile aerospace and defense industry conferences in the United States and abroad, including being a regular speaker at the flagship annual Aviation Week SpeedNews conferences.