Alex Duka

Alex Duka was Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for Acceleration Bay LLC, a patent investment and technology acceleration business headquartered in San Mateo, CA until December 2019, and remains a senior advisor to the firm. He joined the firm in September 2017. Mr. Duka previously spent 20 years at Citigroup and was a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions group in Global Banking, retiring in February 2017. Mr. Duka was the senior banker responsible for managing Citi’s banking relationships with a number of high profile traditional and alternative asset management companies. Mr. Duka oversaw all financings, capital markets activity, M&A and the provision of other banking services and advice for this client base. Mr. Duka also worked with these asset managers to develop a new generation of permanent capital vehicles, including BDCs, real estate investment trusts, SPACs, closed-end funds, and European listed vehicles. Prior to Citi, Alex worked at Bank of New York and United Jersey Bank.

Mr. Duka received his B.A. from Rutgers College and his MBA from Rutgers Graduate School of Management. Mr. Duka currently serves as a member of the board of directors of BC Partners Lending Corporation and Portman Ridge Finance Company, two BDCs affiliated with BC Partners, and BondHouse Investment Trust, a family of Fixed Income Mutual Funds. Mr. Duka is also a senior advisor to Texas Fabco Solutions.