Mona Aboelnaga Kanaan

Mona Aboelnaga Kanaan serves as a Managing Partner at K6 Investments LLC which was also founded by her. She has been Director at Sterling Bancorp since May 29, 2019. She was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Proctor Investment Managers LLC which she co-founded in 2002. She oversaw the firm’s strategic development, acquisition program, and international distribution strategy. Then she sold the firm to National Bank of Canada in 2006 and continued as Proctor's President and CEO until 2013. Prior to co-founding the Proctor Investment Managers, she was a Founding Partner at Overture Asset Managers, LLC. In her role as a Senior Managing Director and Head of Strategic Development and Acquisitions at Overture, Ms. Kanaan spearheaded acquisitions and partnership agreements with affiliate and partnership firms. Previously, she was a Senior Vice President at Communications Equity Associates where she expanded the firm’s principal investment activities in the US and Middle East. Before this, she was a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Siguler Guff & Company. Ms. Kanaan also held various positions at PaineWebber Investment Banking in the leveraged transactions and financial institutions groups. She began her career as a Financial Analyst at Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management. She also serves on the Board of Directors at the Arab Bankers Association of North America, American Near East Refugee Aid, and the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding. She is an experienced CEO, serial entrepreneur, investor and corporate director with several years of experience in global finance and Investment. She is a Trustee of The Chapin School, Trustee of International House New York and the former Chairperson of ABANA. She sits on the board of the Chapin School, the Arab Fashion Council and International House of New York. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Association of Corporate Directors. She has a proven track record of building thriving businesses by decisively defining and implementing long-term strategic plans, recruiting and motivating winning teams, establishing focused goals, and sourcing, executing and managing transformative strategic transactions and investments in North America, Europe and the Middle East. A recognized expert in private equity, asset management, entrepreneurship and the Middle East, Mona is a frequent speaker and commentator in forums and publications such as the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank, Pensions & Investments, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, HFM, FundFire and The Private Equity Analyst. Ms. Kanaan earned an M.B.A. in Finance and International Business from Columbia Business School and a B.S. in Economics and Marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.