AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm specialising in investment in the National Security, Aerospace, and Industrial Services sectors, has appointed former CIA intelligence officer Andrew G Boyd as an Operating Partner.
Boyd joins AE Industrial following an intelligence and security career that spans three decades. For over ten years he was a Senior Intelligence Service Officer in the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations. This culminated with him being named the Director of the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, which is responsible for intelligence collection, analysis, and operations related to foreign cyber threats to U.S. interests.
In this role, Boyd interacted with the White House, Congress, and other senior officials and foreign partners across the globe. Most recently, Boyd established Faze 2 Strategy, which provides counsel to growth phase technology companies seeking to maximise their defensive and offensive cyber capabilities.
Boyd currently serves on the Board of Directors of AE Industrial portfolio companies CASE and REDLattice. Following his retirement, he served as an Adjunct Professor in Cyber Policy at Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies. He is currently a contributor on CBS News regarding intelligence, counterterrorism, and cybersecurity issues.
