May Nasrallah

Active Investor

Executive Chairwoman at PJT Partners

Dubai, Dubai

May Nasrallah, Executive Chairwoman at PJT Partners is an active investor based in Dubai, Dubai. This profile covers what May Nasrallah backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Ms. May Nasrallah serves as Chairwoman,Strategic Advisory Group at PJT Partners. She was the Founder & served as Executive Chairwoman at deNovo PJT. Before founding deNovo, she spent nearly 16 years at Morgan Stanley in numerous roles and geographies including New York, Hong Kong, London, and Dubai. Most recently, she was Head of Investment Banking for the Middle East and North Africa region, where, in 2005, she established, led, and grew Morgan Stanley's inaugural Middle East regional presence headquartered in Dubai. During her tenure with Morgan Stanley, she worked in several investment banking groups and in various leadership roles across Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings, Project Finance, Acquisition Finance, Liability Management, Private Placements, and IPOs as well as pioneering Morgan Stanley's Islamic Financing initiatives. She was the youngest woman to be named Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and the first Arab female Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. She has often been invited to speak at multiple Global Business and Economic Forums and Conferences internationally and regionally addressing topics such as Corporate Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings, Global Capital Markets, Initial Public Offerings, Corporate Governance, etc. and has been quoted in numerous business articles in international and regional news publications on various business and economic related topics. She is involved in several not-for-profit initiatives and serves as Chairwoman of the Lebanese International Finance Executive ("LIFE"). She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT") with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science. She also received her Masters in Management and Finance from MIT's Sloan School of Management. She comes from Lebanon and grew up in Kuwait before traveling to the US for her higher education.

Investor type: AngelInvestment Bank
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: SaaS & Enterprise
Location: Dubai, Dubai
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 3

Notable investments

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