Neal is currently pursuing his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and will return to Insight Equity full-time after completing his degree in 2016.
Prior to attending business school, Neal was the Vice President of Strategy at New Star Metals, an Insight Equity portfolio company. Previously, Neal was a Senior Associate at Insight Equity. Before joining Insight, Neal was an Analyst in the investment banking division at Lazard Frères & Co., a financial advisory and asset management firm. While at Lazard, Neal advised clients in the upstream, midstream, oilfield services and transportation sectors on mergers, acquisitions and capital structure and worked closely with company management teams.
Neal graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rice University with a B.A. in Mathematical Economic Analysis and Statistics.