Brian Blakeman

Brian Blakeman is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Tailwater Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm focused on energy and infrastructure. Tailwater’s team page says he joined the firm in 2013 and has more than 22 years of financial services experience across financial management, internal audit, and compliance.

At Tailwater, Blakeman is responsible for internal financial accounting and reporting, investor financial reporting, cash management, and compliance for Tailwater’s SEC-registered advisers. His role also includes day-to-day firm operations, support-staff management, and coordination with portfolio-company financial managers so monthly reporting is implemented according to Tailwater requirements.

Before Tailwater, Blakeman was Chief Financial Officer at Advanced Plan for Health Ltd., LLP, a population health management company. He previously served as CFO of Apex Global Partners, Inc.; Chief Operating and Compliance Officer at Tobat Capital, LLC; and a senior member of the Internal Audit Department at E.W. Blanch Holdings, a reinsurance brokerage company. He earned a B.B.A. in Accounting from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.

• Tailwater describes itself as “a diversified, middle-market private equity firm” focused on “energy and environmental infrastructure solutions that improve human life.”
• The firm says it uses a “research-driven, Full Immersion approach” to partner with management teams and build scalable, sustainable assets that address market bottlenecks.
• Tailwater reports approximately $6.2 billion of committed capital and more than 300 transactions totaling more than $29 billion in value.
• Sector emphasis includes energy and infrastructure solutions, natural gas and midstream infrastructure, produced-water handling, non-operated upstream interests, low-carbon infrastructure, and related environmental infrastructure.
• The firm’s stated investment process emphasizes deep sector research, direct industry engagement, proprietary deal flow, reliability, efficiency, sustainability, and long-term value creation.
• Blakeman is not presented by Tailwater as a deal-originating investment partner; his verified role is CFO/CCO, with responsibility for firm finance, investor reporting, compliance, and portfolio-company financial reporting coordination.