Leslie Meier Bio

Mr. Meier is a Principal at Black Diamond and is responsible for the firm’s stressed and distressed debt trading activities for all of its investment platforms. Prior to joining Black Diamond, Mr. Meier was a First Vice President in the Special Situations Group of Sanwa Business Credit Corporation (“Sanwa”). As the manager of the Special Situations Group, Mr. Meier was responsible for originating and managing Sanwa’s portfolio of investments in secured, unsecured and/or subordinated debt of financially distressed companies. Prior to co-founding the Special Situations Group in 1994, Mr. Meier was a Vice President/Team Leader in the Asset Management Group at Sanwa where he managed a portfolio of distressed senior and subordinated debt and was actively involved in a number of bankruptcies and workouts. Prior to 1991, Mr. Meier was in the Corporate Finance Group at Sanwa where he was responsible for originating, structuring, and underwriting highly-structured financings, including leverage acquisitions, non-recourse project financings and tax-oriented leases. Mr. Meier received his B.S. in Finance at the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. in Finance from Indiana University.