Omar Diaz is Managing Director leading its Industrials Group. Mr. Diaz resides in Chicago, Illinois and will open a PPHB office in the region to expand the firm’s presence and reach in the middle market industrial sector.
Mr. Diaz brings over 30 years of investment banking, management consulting and project engineering experience. Omar’s leadership positions at other investment banks included Head of Chemicals at Seaport Global, Head of Industrials at Dresner Partners, Managing Director focused on Industrials at Allegiance Capital, and Head of Chemicals at Houlihan Lokey. Most recently, Mr. Diaz was a Managing Director at Balmoral Advisors and covered Industrials, Chemicals and Materials. Earlier in his investment banking career, he held positions at Acquest Advisors, J.P. Morgan’s Mergers & Acquisitions group, and Bank of America’s Energy Corporate Finance Group. Omar began his career as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group and a project engineer for Amoco.
Omar earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from the E.W. Kelley Graduate School of Business at Indiana University. He is a FINRA-registered financial professional.
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