Ziad K Abdelnour, Wall Street financier, trader and author is President & CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc., , Founder & President of the United States Committee for a Free Lebanon (USCFL), Member of the Board of Governors of the Middle East Forum and Former President of the Arab Bankers Association of North America.

Beginning in 1985, Ziad K Abdelnour has been involved in more than 125 transactions of over $10 billion in the investment banking, high yield bond and distressed debt markets and has been widely recognized for playing an integral role in the global capital markets.

Ziad K Abdelnour received his Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the American University of Beirut, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.