David Nason is Chief Operating Officer of TIAA and President of TIAA Wealth Management. He is responsible for leading the Wealth Management organization, a portfolio of TIAA complementary businesses and driving enterprise operational excellence.
In his previous role at TIAA, he served as SEVP, Chief Legal, Risk and Compliance Officer. He joined TIAA in 2019 as EVP and Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, bringing Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance together as a single, cohesive organization.
David has more than 20 years of experience in financial services and regulatory matters. Before coming to TIAA, he served for five years as President and CEO of GE Energy Financial Services, GE’s global energy investing business with $15 billion of assets across the capital structure. Previously, he served as the Chief Regulatory and Compliance Officer at GE Capital, where he created a strategy, developed an organization, and operating framework for the $600 billion financial institution.
Before joining GE, David was the U.S. Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions for the U.S. Treasury. He served as a key member of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s senior team and was instrumental in the government’s response to the 2008 financial crisis. David served as lead advisor on banking, securities, and housing-finance regulatory matters. For his service, he received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the U.S. Treasury’s highest-ranking honor for a public official.
Prior to the U.S. Treasury, David served as counsel to Commissioner Paul S. Atkins at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, attorney at Covington & Burling and law clerk to the Honorable Marvin J. Garbis of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
David serves on the Board of Directors of Everbank, the Board of Directors of IntraFi Network, and on the Board of Advisors for the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in Finance from The American University in Washington, D.C., and graduated summa cum laude from American University’s Washington College of Law.