Blackford Capital, a leading middle market private equity firm headquartered in Grand Rapids, recently announced the appointment of Ken Wagner as Chief Financial Officer effective April 11.
He will lead the firm’s finance, accounting, regulatory, compliance, reporting and controls functions, oversee portfolio company due diligence and provide deals team support, and will report to Blackford Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer Paul Doyle.
Wagner previously worked for ten years with Doyle at other companies. He joins Blackford from Coastal Group, where he served as Chief Financial Officer with Coastal’s then-CEO Paul Doyle to create nearly $80M of equity value in four years. Previously, Wagner and Doyle worked together at GHSP, a Tier 1 automotive supplier of advanced shift systems and smart pump systems, where Wagner was CFO and they created $400M of equity value over seven years.
Wagner previously held progressively responsible executive level positions in operations and finance with Magna and Donnelly Corporation companies Magna Mirrors Corporation, Magna Electronics, Inc and Magna E-Car Systems.
Wagner earned a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Business Administration from Hope College. He previously served in both committee and board chairman positions with Fleetwood Group, Inc., and is a past member of Geneva Camp and Retreat Center Board of Directors.
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