PalmTree LLC - Pardis Nasseri

Pardis Nasseri

Chairman and CEO

Pardis Nasseri is a driven entrepreneur and the founder and architect of Palm Tree, where he provides strategic oversight across the firm’s lines of service.

Over the course of his career, Pardis has been personally involved in successful M&A transactions with an aggregate value of over $30 billion.

Pardis began his career in M&A with the transaction services practice of PwC, as an investment banker with Jefferies, and an investor with Platinum Equity. He founded Palm Tree in 2010 and grew the firm from its roots as a boutique M&A consultancy to a nationwide enterprise offering a suite of integrated financial services. The firm became a registered member of FINRA in 2020 and is led today by a team of accomplished managing directors who execute on engagements worldwide.

The Los Angeles Times has recognized Pardis as a visionary leader who prepares organizations for next-level growth, and The Los Angeles Business Journal has recognized Pardis among the most influential private equity advisors in the nation. Pardis is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization, where he serves on the board of its Santa Barbara chapter. He is a recurring guest lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, has served as a panelist at M&A and entrepreneurship events, and has moderated panels at the annual ACG business conference.

Pardis graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara with a double major in Business Economics and Philosophy and is an alumni of the Owner/President Management Program at Harvard Business School. He and his wife, Dr. Sherry Nasseri, reside in Montecito, California with their two children.

Mr. Nasseri is available for a select number of speaking engagements annually on topics that include entrepreneurship, leadership, strategic business options, and M&A.

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PalmTree LLC - Pardis Nasseri
Pardis Nasseri

Chairman and CEO

Derek Alderton
Derek Alderton

Vice Chairman

Clayton Grindle
Clayton Grindle

President and COO

Christopher Bray
Christopher Bray

Chief Financial Officer

Chris Felderman
Chris Felderman

Senior Managing Director

Mitchel Nakken
Mitchel Nakken

Senior Managing Director

Stephen E. Rossi
Stephen E. Rossi

Senior Managing Director

Phillip Cooper
Phillip Cooper

Managing Director

Matt Murray
Matt Murray

Managing Director

Rouzheen Myrick
Rouzheen Myrick

Managing Director

Steven Richards
Steven Richards

Managing Director

Britt Terrell
Britt Terrell

Managing Director

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Britton Woolf

Managing Director

Joseph Wade
Joseph Wade

Principal

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Danny Arnaout

Senior Vice President

PlmTree LLC - Patrick Brackett
Patrick Brackett

Senior Vice President

PalmTree LLC - Alex Savitt
Alex Savitt

Senior Vice President

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Stephanie Kersey

Senior Vice President

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Boze Xu

Senior Vice President, Strategy

Matt McGwire
Matt McGwire

Senior Vice President

Careers with Palm Tree

We have select positions available at all levels of our organization. Contact us for a confidential discussion about joining a firm that L.A. Business Journal named among L.A.'s most influential M&A advisors.

Exposure to projects and opportunities to work closely with clients offers Palm Tree employees lateral and progressive advancement inside the firm.

We currently have positions available within the organization for employees of top accounting and consulting firms and for recent graduates.