Nathan Romano

Nathan has decades of experience facilitating growth and creating value at leading banks and investment institutions. He was the president of a US$10 billion-plus alternative asset management firm, where he led strategy, capital formation, product development and capital markets and helped lead its sale in late 2024.

Prior to this, he was the president and chief operating officer at a US$25 billion-plus alternative investment firm, where he was responsible for all noninvesting activities, including strategy, growth, capital formation and global operations.

Prior to his move to asset management, Nathan held senior leadership roles at multiple investment banks, where he was one of the first senior bankers focused on delivering firmwide advice to the C-suite of the banks’ largest alternative asset management clients. He was an early innovator of the banking model that changed the client coverage strategy for Wall Street firms and led to significant revenue and profitability gains.

Nathan also worked in the private equity practice of a leading management consultancy firm. He received an MBA with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California, where he majored in finance and entrepreneurship, and was a walk-on for the men’s tennis team.

Nathan is very active in the mental health community having joined the board of NAMI-NYC in 2006, and is now, among other mental health-related initiatives, its president emeritus. Nathan also serves on the boards of The Goodness Web, The Museum of the City of New York, and the Compassionate Leadership in Finance program at the Garrison Institute. He also served on the board of the Managed Funds Association from 2018 to 2021.