Michael Steed is the Founder and Managing Partner, he also serves as Chairman of the Paladin Homeland Security Fund and Paladin III Investment Committees; he is also a member of the Paladin Capital Partners Fund Investment Committee. Mr. Steed provides management oversight of the firm’s operations and investments, and is responsible for the strategic direction of Paladin’s current and future activities. To date, he has completed over 125 direct, co-investment and fund investments during his career. Read more »

Mr. Maloney is a Founder and Managing Director at Paladin. He is an active member of the Investment Committee for all Paladin Funds. He is also the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Marketing Officer. His responsibilities include new business development, client servicing, fundraising and compliance related activities. Mr. Maloney works closely with Paladin’s portfolio companies with particular emphasis on providing strategic direction and assisting in identification of new business opportunities. Read more »

Niloofar is a Managing Director at Paladin. She joined Paladin Capital in 2004 to lead the development of implementation of investment strategies for Paladin’s family of funds as well as oversight of Paladin’s investment portfolio. Prior to joining Paladin, Niloofar was at Zone Ventures, a Los Angeles-based early stage venture capital firm. Prior to Zone Ventures, Niloofar was the CEO of a venture backed retail company, a consultant with McKinsey & Company, as well as a lawyer with O’Melveny & Myers. Read more »

Lieutenant General Ken Minihan is a Managing Director at Paladin. He retired from the U.S. Air Force on June 1, 1999, after more than 33 years of active commissioned service to the nation. On his final tour of duty he served as the 14th Director of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service, a combat support agency of the Department of Defense with military and civilian personnel stationed worldwide. Read more »

Mr. Saad is the Chief Executive Officer and a Board Director of Paladin Capital (Middle East) Limited. He has a broad-based private equity and investment experience of over 16 years. Mr. Saad served as the Managing Director of Allied Capital in the Middle East until the company’s recent merger with Ares Capital. Prior to re-joining Allied Capital in 2008 to head up the firm’s Middle East operations, Mr. Saad was the Founding CEO of AB Capital, the investment banking arm of the Arab Bank Group, one of the largest and most established financial institutions in the Middle East. Read more »