Kenneth Saffold

Panelist Kenneth Saffold is a Director and South Region Head of the U.S. Private Capital Group at BlackRock, the largest institutional asset management firm in the United States. In this role Kenneth provides private equity and debt to middle-market companies for M&A transactions throughout the region. He was part of the team at Tennenbaum Capital Partners that sold to BlackRock in 2018. Prior to his current role Kenneth spent 8 years as a Senior Vice President at GE Capital and prior to that worked in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup where he started his career. Kenneth currently serves as a Member of the Atlanta Zoo Council and serves on the Board of Directors for Northside Youth Organization (NYO). He has formerly served on the Emory Board of Visitors (Chair) and a Member of
Leadership Atlanta. Kenneth is a frequent speaker and panelists for various finance organizations including the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Health
South Connect, and Capital Roundtable of New York. Kenneth received his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his BA from
Morehouse College. Kenneth lives in Atlanta with his wife Akilah and two kids, Kenneth (KJ) and Eva, age 10 and 6.