Nazar Massouh

Nazar Massouh is CEO and Managing Partner of Orion Energy Partners, a private equity firm founded in 2015 to continue his investing experience of the last 12 years focused on downside protected investments in lower to middle market energy companies. Prior to Orion, he was the Founding Partner and Portfolio Manager of Energy Capital Partners Mezzanine Opportunities Fund, an $805 million private equity fund with a similar investment strategy to Orion. Mr. Massouh lead and managed the Fund at Energy Capital for four years successfully investing and committing over $700 million across a diversified portfolio of energy companies. Prior to joining Energy Capital, Mr. Massouh had a 14-year career in domestic and international power and energy markets including 7 years at Goldman Sachs where he most recently served as Managing Director in the principal commodities business.