Nate Saint Victor is a mission-driven financial services executive with over 19 years of experience within the financial and legal services sectors with substantive experience in analyzing structural dynamics and innovation barriers and implementing strategies for growth and change. Nate has a proven track record of developing best practices, communicating to stakeholders, and serving in leadership roles as a solutions-oriented trusted advisor.

Nate is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Engine No. 1. Engine No. 1 is an investment firm that is driving long-term value by tying social and environmental commitments to economic outcomes. The firm was founded on the shared belief that a company’s ability to create long-term shareholder value depends on the investments it makes in its employees, customers, communities, and the environment. Previously, Nate was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, where he provided legal counsel focused on its prime brokerage, securities lending and fund administration businesses and advised on various ESG-related initiatives. Previous to that role, Nate counseled the wealth management division on broker-dealer and investment advisory issues with a focus on research, development and distribution of alternative investments, including impact investment products and sat on private fund adviser boards of directors and as a member of internal risk committees. Nate also advised on separately managed accounts, wrap programs, mutual fund asset allocation products and other offerings. Nate started his legal career in the Investment Management Group at Davis Polk.

Nate has served on multiple industry groups, including the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Prime Brokerage Securities Lending Committee, Alternative Investments Roundtable, Investment Adviser/Broker-Dealer Task Force, and Investment Advisory Committee, as well as the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board Business Model Working Group. Nate regularly speaks, and has written, on topics related to securities laws, diversity, ethics and professional development.

Nate recently completed a term on the Board of Directors for the New York City Bar Association, where he chaired the Audit and Nomination Committees and previously Co-Chaired its Diversity Committee. Nate mobilizes resources to promote innovation and change, including through his leadership positions and engagement with the Alliance of Securities and Financial Educators (ASAFE), the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP), Legal Outreach, My Brother’s Keeper My Sister’s Keeper, the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) and Orrick’s Diversity Advisory Board.

Nate is Chair Emeritus of the Morgan Stanley Legal and Compliance Division Diversity & Inclusion Committee, a 2018 Savoy Most Influential Black Attorney, 2017 Metropolitan Black Bar Association “Trailblazer of the Year,” 2015 CUP Catalyst Change Agent in Law, and 2009 CUP Fellow. Nate also enjoys mentoring and was recognized by Legal Outreach as an “Elder of the Village,” the organization’s highest honor.

Nate graduated from Duke University, where he co-founded the Duke Business and Investment Clubs, and Georgetown Law, where he served on the Journal for Gender and the Law, the award-winning Frederick Douglass Moot Court team and as President of the Black Law Student Association.