Ziad abdelnour biography sample

Ziad Abdelnour is a Lebanese-born American author and trader, financier and President & CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc., Founder & President of the Financial Policy Council, Inc.and President & Founder of the U.S Committee for a Free Lebanon.

Abdelnour is the son of Lebanese industrialist and former MP Khalil Abdelnour (1992-2000) and the nephew of former Lebanese financier and MP Salem Abdelnour (1960-1964 and 1972-1992).

Prior to founding Blackhawk Partners in 2008, Mr.

Abdelnour was Senior Managing Director with TerraNova Capital Partners, Inc., an M&A advisory firm and Managing Director and Head of Venture Finance at THCG, a New York-based merchant banking firm. Prior to THCG, Mr. Abdelnour held senior investment and merchant banking positions with Ladenburg Thalmann, Inc., Interbank Capital Group, Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., and American Express where his responsibilities included investing, financing, and restructuring over 100 companies