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David Blowers, Jr.

President, Strategy
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AT A GLANCE

David Blowers, Jr. is President, Strategy for Kroll and a member of the Executive Leadership Team, based in Chicago. David is responsible for the strategic direction of the firm, M&A and corporate development activity and innovative growth opportunities. David works across the entire portfolio of Financial and Risk Advisory businesses and serves as a key execution partner for value creation at Kroll.

Previously, David was Co-President of the Financial Advisory practice. In this role, he led the valuation and deal advisory businesses leveraging experience in both investment banking and management consulting. David also served as Managing Director of Kroll’s Corporate Finance practice where he drove group operations, growth strategy, financial analysis and projections for performance management, design and execution of strategic plans across service lines and process improvements.

Before joining Kroll, David worked at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he executed strategy, organization design and digital transformation projects, driving large-scale change in business operations. David built functional expertise in growth strategy, transformation, corporate finance and operations, advising leadership teams on how to build top-line growth while effectively managing change. He also completed commercial due diligence analyses for private equity clients in the healthcare, consumer and industrial goods space. Before BCG, he was a member of Kroll, working for the M&A Advisory and Transaction Opinions teams.

David is a current member of the Board of Trustees at the Steppenwolf Theatre supporting the development and production of world-class art and community impact in the city of Chicago. David holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University with concentrations in managerial leadership and finance. He also holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan.

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