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Zia Uddin is President at Monroe Capital, based in Chicago, IL, USA.
Zia Uddin is the President of Monroe Capital in Chicago, Illinois, where he also serves as Co-Portfolio Manager for Institutional Direct Lending and sits on the firm's Investment Committee. Since joining the firm in 2007, he has directed strategic growth initiatives across software, technology-enabled, and business services lending portfolios. Prior to Monroe Capital, Uddin worked as a Partner and Principal at two middle market private equity funds and began his career in management consulting at Arthur Andersen LLP. He holds an MBA in Finance and Econometrics from the University of Chicago and a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, alongside maintaining CFA and non-practicing CPA credentials. With over three decades of financial expertise, Uddin currently focuses on expanding institutional direct lending and independent sponsor activities across the broader middle market sector.