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Ziad Abdelnour

Ziad K. Abdelnour is a Lebanese-born American investment banker, financier and activist on Lebanon-related issues. He is President & CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc., Founder & President of the Financial Policy Council 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 mogul financier and MP Salem Abdelnour (1960-1964 and 1972-1992).

Abdelnour was born in Beirut, Lebanon.

He received a BS degree in Economics in 1982 from the American University of Beirut, and an MBA degree in finance from the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania.

Abdelnour was Chairman and a founding member of the United States Committee for A Free Lebanon; an activist organization lobbying the United States government to oppose Syria’s influence in Lebanon, supporting the Syria Accountability Act. He support