David Nason
Managing Director
Promontory Financial Group
Mr. Nason is a Managing Director at Promontory Financial Group where he advises clients in strategic matters, including improving corporate governance, strengthening risk and financial controls, evaluating potential combinations, and meeting regulatory requirements.
Previously, Mr. Nason was an Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions in the U.S. Department of the Treasury where he helped create, develop and implement Treasury’s response to stresses in the financial markets, including the Capital Purchase Program and the Troubled Asset Relief program, (TARP). He also led Treasury’s efforts in developing its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, and spearheaded the creation of the money market mutual fund guarantee program. For his work during the credit crisis, he was awarded the Alexander Hamilton award, the Treasury Department’s highest honor.
Mr. Nason earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from The American University and his law degree, summa cum laude, from The American University’s Washington College of Law.