Ziad Abdelnour

Current

President & CEO at Blackhawk Partners, Inc.
Senior Managing Director at European American Advisors, Inc.
Founder and President at U.S Committee for a Free Lebanon

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Past

Founder and Co-Publisher at Middle East Intelligence Bulletin
Managing Director & Head of Venture Finance at THCG, Inc.(formerly Hambro America Securities, Inc.)
Managing Director & Head of Private Finance at Ladenburg Thalmann, Inc.

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Education

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
American University of Beirut

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Ziad Abdelnour’s Summary

Ziad K. Abdelnour; once referred to by the New York Times as one of the 100 most creative investment bankers on Wall Street is a dealmaker, trader and financier with over 20 year experience in merchant banking, private equity, alternative investments and physical commodities trading..

Since 1985 Ziad has been involved in over 125 transactions totaling over $30 billion in the investment banking, high yield bond and distressed debt markets and has been widely recognized for playing an integral role in the middle market of those three key market sectors.

Before founding Blackhawk Partners, Inc. in 2005; Ziad held numerous senior positions at European American Advisors; Inc.; THCG Inc .(formerly Hambro America Securities); Ladenburg Thalmann and Drexel Burnham Lambert’s High Yield Bond Department where his responsibilities included investing, financing and restructuring over 100 companies spanning the industrial, logistics, consumer and manufacturing industries both in the US as well as in emerging markets.

Ziad has extensive connections with the Washington political, government and intelligence establishments having served since 1994 as a friend and advisor to a number of agencies and organizations associated with such entities in various capacities; especially when dealing with fiscal and foreign policy matters.

On a more personal level, Ziad served as the youngest President ever of the Arab Bankers Association of North America; is a regular panelist and speaker on private equity and venture capital topics at industry conferences nationwide and is a business angel investor in over a dozen ventures; both in the US and abroad.

Ziad enjoys an American and Lebanese dual citizenship and holds an M.B.A in financial engineering from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in economics, Summa Cum Laude, from the American University of Beirut.

Ziad Abdelnour’s Specialties:

Private Equity

Sponsoring of scalable platforms and roll-up plays across the spectrum. Building companies from $10 million to $500 million in revenues and EBITDA margins of at least 30% within 5 years.

Physical Commodities Trading

Moving the two most valuable commodities (oil and gold) globally serving the needs of the largest commodities houses around the world and creating obscene wealth for all