Bio

Jeffrey W. Johnson is a Managing Director of Blackford Capital, having joined the firm in 2015. With more than 23 years of experience in investment banking and private equity investing, Mr. Johnson is involved in the firm’s origination and evaluation of new investment activities and governance of various portfolio companies. Prior to joining Blackford Capital, he was a Managing Director and founding principal at Gilbert Global Equity Partners, L.P. (formerly Soros Capital, L.P.), a billion-dollar middle-market private equity firm headquartered in New York City. Mr. Johnson led growth equity and management buyout investments in the specialty manufacturing, consumer products and business services sectors as well as served on the boards as a Director or observer of six portfolio companies during his 17 years with the firm. Throughout Mr. Johnson’s tenure, he worked closely with multiple global manufacturing and distribution companies to accelerate growth and transform their performance with superior customer-driven strategies, operations, organizations and technology. Mr. Johnson received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Claremont McKenna College and a master’s degree from Harvard Business School.