Neil Patel

Principal

Neil Patel is an Operating Principal at Accel-KKR, and a member of the firm’s ESG committee supporting the firm’s efforts on environment, social, and governance topics.

Neil is involved with Accel-KKR’s investments in Basware, Kaleris, NAVTOR, PayProp, Symfonia, ToolsGroup and Visiquate.

Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Neil was a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in serving large-scale aerospace, automotive, and public-sector defense entities across growth strategy, merger integration, organizational design, innovation strategy, and pricing.  Prior to business school, Neil worked in national security, serving the intelligence community as a Chief Engineer at Lockheed Martin in Washington, DC.

Neil received an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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