Alex Abell

Alex is a Partner of RCP Advisors, a member of the Investment Committee, and is active as an Advisory Board member of various underlying funds. Alex is responsible for the identification and analysis of potential fund investments within RCP’s core strategy and serves as the portfolio manager for the Firm’s SBIC fund-of-funds.  In addition, Alex helps manage the Firm’s research efforts as well as its customized investment solutions and advisory services.  He has been involved in the private equity industry since 2001.  Prior to joining RCP, Alex founded Atlas Diligence, acquired by RCP,  where he developed a unique research and advisory platform focused on advanced analytics and systematic due diligence.  Prior to founding Atlas, Alex worked for BlackRock Private Equity Partners. At BlackRock PEP, he helped lead manager identification and due diligence on private capital fund opportunities as well as diligence on co-investment and secondary transactions. He previously worked at Quellos’s Private Capital Strategies Group, Hewlett Packard’s pension fund investment group, and Cagan McAfee Capital Partners.  Alex holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA, magna cum laude, in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.