Jonathan Ackerman

Jonathan Z. Ackerman is a co-founder and serves Meridian Infrastructure as President and Chief Executive Officer. Jon leads Meridian's team of innovators and has overall responsibility for shaping culture and executing the company’s strategy.

Jon has a lengthy track record as a successful leader in infrastructure development and finance, successfully delivering approximately $10 billion of value for investors by developing world-class infrastructure over multiple investment cycles for some of some of the most sophisticated and largest volume import and export terminals in the world. He was instrumental in multiple exits involving divestitures of highly-strategic assets to three of the industry's leading companies.

Prior to Meridian, Jon co-founded Moda Midstream and served as its President and CEO from 2021 until Moda's successful exit in 2024. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Jon was Moda's Executive Vice President and CFO.

Before co-founding Moda in 2015, Jon served as Vice President, CFO of Oiltanking North America and Oiltanking Partners, L.P., the NYSE-listed MLP. Prior to joining Oiltanking in 2013, Jon was Managing Director, M&A and Co-Head, Strategic Solutions Group at UBS Investment Bank. In regard to his record in capital raising and strategic transactions, Jon executed more than $50 billion in debt and equity capital markets transactions, including several novel IPOs and structured equity offerings, and he executed more than 40 M&A transactions with a total value of more than $150 billion.

Prior to UBS, he served as Senior Counsel and lead policy adviser to President George W. Bush's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform and, before that, Jon served as a policy adviser at the U.S. Treasury Department. Jon is a CPA and began his career with a global public accounting firm before becoming an attorney in private practice.

Jon received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, his master’s degree from the University of Denver and his BSBA in finance and accounting from the University of Arizona.