Meet Ryan

Mr. Nolan is a technology advisor and investor whose experience advising leading technology companies, founders, and long-term investors brings strategic, financial, and innovation expertise to Booz Allen's Board. 

Mr. Nolan has served as partner and co-head of global technology at BDT & MSD Partners, LLC, a merchant bank with an advisory and investment platform, since September 2025 and serves on the firm's Technology lnvestment Committee.

Prior to joining BDT & MSD, Mr. Nolan was a partner from 2012 to 2025 in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group of Goldman Sachs & Co. where he advised on capital markets transactions that raised more than $50 billion, including five billion-dollar technology IPOs and two of the largest private financings in technology history, and on merger and acquisition transactions that totaled more than $150 billion in deal value, including the largest technology acquisition in history. Additionally, he served as the global co-head of software investment banking. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Nolan was a senior associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and worked in the antitrust division of the United States Department of Justice. Mr. Nolan serves on the boards of America’s Frontier Fund, an organization that helps founders build frontier technologies that secure America’s future, and the PBS Foundation. 

With deep expertise in technology, financial oversight, and large-scale organizational management, Mr. Nolan supports the Board’s ability to drive long-term value creation in technology-enabled markets. Mr. Nolan’s investment banking background further brings strategic, financial, technology, and innovation expertise to the Board. His experience managing complex capital markets and mergers and acquisitions transactions, and fostering technology-driven growth strengthens Booz Allen Board’s oversight of the Company's strategic initiatives of delivering advanced, mission-driven innovation and technologies to the Company's customers.

Mr. Nolan is a member of the Audit Committee.