GROWTH & IMPACT WEEK SPEAKER LINEUP
The speakers at Growth and Impact Week are award-winning advisors, operators, and thought leaders who don’t just understand growth and impact, they execute it. Each speaker has been selected for their ability to translate methodology into real-world implementation, sharing how they’ve built in-demand practices through intentional, ROI-driven relationships with business owners. Expect candid perspectives, practical frameworks, and honest discussion around what works in today’s market, from client selection and trust-building to accountability, culture, and value creation. This is not a stage of theorists; it’s a room of practitioners committed to helping you apply what you learn and accelerate results in your firm.
Blake Head
Blake is a Managing Director at BDO Capital Advisors, LLC, and the leader ofBDO Capital’s ESOP Advisory Services division. He has more than 17 years ofcorporate financial advisory experience. Blake focuses on providing a variety ofservices to...
ABOUT BLAKE
Blake is a Managing Director at BDO Capital Advisors, LLC, and the leader of
BDO Capital’s ESOP Advisory Services division. He has more than 17 years of
corporate financial advisory experience. Blake focuses on providing a variety of
services to clients, including valuation analyses, review of strategic alternatives
for owners considering an exit, raising capital from both non-traditional and
traditional lenders, and advisory services related to the sale, merger and
divestiture of privately-held companies. His experience lies in helping clients
assess the feasibility of ESOPs and, thereafter, structuring, negotiating and
executing successful sales to ESOPs.
Prior to joining BDO Capital Advisors, Blake was a Partner at BDO USA and the
National Group Leader for BDO USA’s People and Organization Strategy. His
group was comprised of ESOP Advisory Services, Executive Compensation
Consulting and Workforce in Transactions practices. Blake’s experience in
compensation matters included benchmarking and surveying projects, design
and implementation of performance management review systems, and the
design and implementation of performance incentive plans for executive, nonexecutive, and sales employees. He has worked with both for-profit and taxexempt entities. Blake has consulted with a variety of manufacturing,
construction, retail, technology, and oil and gas industry firms in the area of
compensation and broad-based rewards. In addition, he has extensive
experience in consulting on employee benefit plans