Praesidian Capital, a provider of mezzanine capital for small and mid-sized companies, has appointed Ben Marzouk as Managing Director.
"We are very excited to add Ben to the Praesidian team," says Jason Drattell, Founder and Managing Partner at Praesidian Capital. "He has had an accomplished career providing debt solutions and advisory services to middle market companies and brings with him wide-ranging risk and portfolio management experience across multiple industries."
Marzouk comes to Praesidian after two years as Founder and Partner of Mid-Market Credit Advisors, where he provided strategic and advisory services relating to capital raising, M&A and restructuring to private equity firms and privately-owned businesses. Prior to Mid-Market Credit Advisors, Ben spent seven years as a Managing Director of Investment Banking Services at CIT Group, Inc, where he managed up to 75 private equity client relationships and led a team responsible for originating, structuring, and underwriting senior and junior capital solutions for middle market companies.
Previously, Marzouk spent six years in global debt origination within Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein’s Investment Banking Group and held senior positions at Citigroup, Inc. Ben began his career at the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Corp, where he spent seven years in risk management review and corporate banking.
Marzouk has a BA in Economics and Political Science from Emory University, and an MBA from Emory’s Goizueta Business School.
