Neal joined Topspin in 2007 and is involved in all of the firm's buyout activities.  Prior to joining Topspin, Neal spent nearly five years with BEV Capital, where he focused on investments in consumer-related businesses, media and publishing, and business services.  He helped deploy most of BEV's $115mm second fund and had Board-level involvement with several companies.  Previously Neal was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he advised media clients on financial and strategic issues.  Neal began his career with Monitor Group, a global consulting firm where he helped to start and build “Market 2 Consumer” (M2C), Monitor's consumer behavior and strategy practice.

Neal has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, as well as Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received Tau Beta Pi and other academic honors.