Brian Aoaeh, CFA

Brian Aoaeh is a Founder and Managing General Partner of REFASHIOND Ventures: The Industrial Transformation Fund, a pioneering and emerging venture capital fund manager that invests in early-stage startups refashioning legacy industries across Data & AI, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing, and Next Generation Supply Chains. Prior to launching REFASHIOND Ventures, Brian launched the investing team at KEC Holdings, a single family office where he was employee #2, eventually focusing on building KEC Ventures – an early-stage generalist technology venture firm. He spent 10 years at KEC Holdings and KEC Ventures. He is also a Founder of The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation and The New York Supply Chain Meetup, and is an Adjunct Professor of Supply Chain & Operations Management at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University. He earned a BA with a double major in Mathematics and Physics from Connecticut College, earned an MBA with a specialization in Financial Instruments and Markets from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, and is a Charter Holding Member in good-standing of the CFA Institute.