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Nick Leopard is an American business executive and the founder and chief executive officer of Accordion Partners LLC ^[1], a New York–based consulting firm established in 2009. Accordion provides finance, accounting, and operational advisory services to private equity firms and their portfolio companies.^[2]

Leopard earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University.^[3] While at Saint Joseph’s, he served as captain of the university’s Division I lacrosse team.

Leopard began his career in business development and debt financing at CapitalSource Finance LLC (NYSE: CSE). He later worked in the financial institutions group (FIG) of Bear Stearns & Co.^[4]

In 2007, Leopard joined the investment team of BHC Interim Funding, L.P., a mezzanine debt fund.

In 2009, at age 29, he founded Accordion Partners LLC in New York City. Under his leadership the firm has grown through both organic expansion and acquisition and has expanded from one office in New York to 10 across the globe, including a London^[5], and Hyderabad, India office.^[6]

Accordion received an investment from FFL Partners in 2018.^[7] In 2022, FFL Partners sold their stake to Charlesbank Capital Partners^[8] and Motive Partners.

Leopard was selected by The M&A Advisor as one of its “Top 40 Under 40” in 2012.^[9] He has also been a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2014.^[10]

He has frequently contributed commentary on the state of the private equity industry and has been featured in media outlets including The Wall Street Journal^[11][12], Bloomberg^[13][14], The London School of Economics^[15], Fortune^[16] and others.^[17]

He has written articles for the Forbes Finance Council^[18] on topics related to private equity and corporate finance.

His personal interests include boating, golfing, and traveling.

• Nick Leopard bio at Accordion

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