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Deborah Nordell

Partner, Chief Financial Officer and Group Controller

Deborah joined Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners (formerly Comvest Credit Partners) in 2016. She is a Partner, Chief Financial Officer and Group Controller, and is responsible for overseeing the platform’s accounting, tax and financial operations.

Prior to joining Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners, Deborah worked at Lehman Brothers, where her leadership roles included Controller in the firm’s Private Equity / Principal Investments group and Senior Controller in Private Equity Finance, where she oversaw all corporate and external reporting as well as fund accounting for various alternative asset classes. Deborah started her career as an auditor at Price Waterhouse (now PwC).

Deborah received an M.B.A. from the NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from Duke University. She is also licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in New York.

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