Mounir Nahas

Elected 2018
Resident of Bedford Corners
Parent (Class of 2020, 2022, 2024)
University of Massachusetts, BS in Business Administration
Bentley College, MS in Accountancy
Standing Committee: Talent

Mr. Nahas is a Principal and Chief Operating Officer of Black Diamond Capital Management, a leading alternative asset management firm with multiple offices in the U.S and U.K.  Black Diamond manages more than $8 billion on behalf of public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and university endowments through its hedge fund, distressed private equity funds and structured finance funds.  Mr. Nahas is responsible for overseeing product structuring, debt financing and capital markets activities for Black Diamond and its affiliates. He is also responsible for the day to day operations of Black Diamond world-wide and is the head of the Finance Group, Treasury Group, Marketing Group and Information Systems Group.  He is also a member of Black Diamond’s Executive Committee, Compliance Committee and the Valuation Committee, of which he is the chairman.  
 
Mr. Nahas is an owner and a member of the board of directors of Pacific National Bank, a Federally Chartered Bank headquartered in Miami, where he is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Loan Committee.  Prior to Black Diamond, Mr. Nahas was Managing Director of Beacon Group, a private equity and mergers and acquisition firm purchased by JP Morgan Partners in 2000. Following that acquisition, Mr. Nahas joined JP Morgan Partners, where he led a 20 person department responsible for overall product and investment structuring, tax and accounting functions. Mr. Nahas began his career at Arthur Andersen.  He received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts and his M.S. in Accountancy from Bentley College.
 
Mounir lives in Bedford Corners with his wife Lisa and their children Aida '20, Malec '22 and Jenna '24.
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