Mr. Harper has advised, invested and led financial firms for over 2 decades; he is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Orchard Capital Management and leads the family office that founded Orchard's specialized strategies in 2001. Currently, Blake is focused on supporting growth of financial services institutions and the strategies that drive their profitability, concentrated on traditional and alternative asset management businesses, financial technology and specialty finance. Previously, Blake worked at the The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he advised large hedge funds, Fortune 1000 companies, and other financial institutions on strategy, corporate development and operations. Prior to BCG he was a senior research analyst in the investment management consulting division of Greenwich Associates. He began his career as an analyst at PaineWebber/UBS. Blake received his MBA with honors from the University of Chicago and his BA from Colgate University where he concentrated on Economics and Political Science.
