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Dianomi Partners strives to work together with the best businesses and management teams in the distribution industry, with the aim of building industry leading platforms for long term growth.

We bring decades of industry expertise with a focus on digital transformation, global expansion, and value added services.

About Us

Lindsley Ruth and Nadim El Gabbani founded Dianomi Partners in 2023 with the goal of creating leading platforms in industrial distribution.

We combine the investment methods and rigor of top-tier private equity with the expertise and operational skills of our team. Our strong industry network enables us to help our companies achieve the most difficult transformations.

Our Team

Our team consists of industry operators with decades of experience in supply chain and distribution, and experienced investors from top-tier private equity firms.

Together we bring a unique combination of expertise, with a history of significant value creation in both private and public companies.

Lindsley Ruth

Lindsley Ruth

Co-founder

Nadim El Gabbani

Nadim El Gabbani

Co-Founder

Klas Norr

Klas Norr

Principal

Lindsley Ruth, Co-founder, experienced global distribution leader with a track record of accelerated profitable growth. Over three decades leading organizations on six continents and more than 65 countries. As an executive at Solectron, TTI, and Future Electronics, Lindsley led transformation initiatives from procurement, logistics, IT, supply chain, marketing, sales through finance.  Most recently, Lindsley was the group CEO of the RS Group from 2015 to 2023 where he transformed the business a primarily off-line focused distributor and an average performer in the FTSE350 to a high performer in the FTSE100 generating nearly 65% of business from digital platforms, while driving a Total Shareholder Return of >600% during his seven-year tenure, representing a top 10 performance in TSR across Europe.

Career

  • 2015-2022: RS Group – CEO
  • 2002-2015: Future Electronics – EVP
  • 1999-2002: Solectron Technology – VP
  • 1992-1999: TTI – Director

Education

  • MBA, Texas A&M University
  • BSc, Engineering (Industrial Distribution), Texas A&M University

Prior to co-founding Dianomi, Nadim El Gabbani spent 14 years in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group in New York and London. Most recently he served as Senior Managing Director leading European Business Services, Technology, Financial Services and Fintech investing.

Education

  • MBA, Harvard Business School
  • BA, Physics, Columbia University

Notable Investments

  • APi, BankUnited, Bayview, Exeter, First Eagle, Lendmark, Luminor, NIBC , Sithe Global Power, Stearns, VFS

Klas joined Dianomi with 10 years of due diligence experience in public and private markets across a wide range of sectors and geographies.

Career

  • 2020-2023: BlueDrive Global
  • 2015-2018: Hellman & Friedman
  • 2012-2015: Bain & Co

Education

  • MBA, Harvard Business School
  • BSc, Business & Economics, Stockholm School of Economics

Notable Investments

  • Verisure Securitas Direct, TeamSystem, SimpliSafe

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