About
Jeffrey Akers leads Adams Street Partners' secondary investment business, managing strategy, investments, fundraising, and portfolio construction with a focus on North American opportunities. Previously, he worked as a strategy consultant at L.E.K. Consulting, providing market due diligence support to top-tier private equity firms, and spent two years as an investment associate at William Blair Capital Partners evaluating and executing buyout and growth equity investments. He also brings three years of investment banking experience from William Blair & Company and SunTrust Equitable Securities.
Colleagues at Adams Street Partners
Agathe Bertrand
Senior Associate, Wealth Management at Adams Street Partners
Alexander Adrahtas
Senior Associate, Information Technology at Adams Street Partners
Ali Lauer
Associate at Adams Street Partners
Allison Albery
Principal, Human Resources at Adams Street Partners
Amanda Chandler
Senior Associate, Wealth Management at Adams Street Partners
Ana Maria Harrison
Partner, Investor Relations at Adams Street Partners
Ann Barbee
Office Manager & Executive Assistant at Adams Street Partners
Annie Brennan
Senior Associate, Information Technology at Adams Street Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jeffrey Akers?
- Jeffrey Akers leads Adams Street Partners' secondary investment business, managing strategy, investments, fundraising, and portfolio construction with a focus on North American opportunities. Previously, he worked as a strategy consultant at L.E.K. Consulting, providing market due diligence support to top-tier private equity firms, and spent two years as an investment associate at William Blair Capital Partners evaluating and executing buyout and growth equity investments. He also brings three years of investment banking experience from William Blair & Company and SunTrust Equitable Securities.
- Where does Jeffrey Akers work?
- Jeffrey Akers is Lead, Secondary Business at Adams Street Partners.







