Bio

Adeel Ahmad is a Director and senior member of the Consumer, Food and Retail Group at Lazard Middle Market. He has more than 13 years of mergers and acquisitions experience, serving clients in the branded consumer, retail and leisure sectors. Mr. Ahmad joined Lazard Middle Market from Rendersi, a boutique, consumer industry focused financial advisory and investment firm that he co-founded in 2017 to serve founders, entrepreneurs, and private equity clients. Prior to co-founding Rendersi, Mr. Ahmad was a Vice President in the Consumer Group at Imperial Capital. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, he worked at The Mercanti Group, a consumer-focused investment bank that specialized in M&A and capital markets advisory. Mr. Ahmad started his career in the Consumer & Retail Investment Banking group at BofA Securities, previously Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML). Mr. Ahmad earned a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy degree and a Master of Science in Accountancy with a minor in Finance degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.