Nick is the Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives at Eurasia Group, where he is focused on accelerating the reach and impact of the firm's industry-leading research. That means ensuring Eurasia Group's research work continues to meet the evolving needs of its clients, including refining products and processes and developing and launching new service offerings - from regional products to curated client experiences. Nick also manages and grows strategic relationships with financial services and asset management clients.

Nick started his career as a China analyst at Eurasia Group in 2008 and helped build the firm's industry-leading China practice, becoming a director in 2014. In 2016, he left Eurasia Group to assemble a political and country risk practice at FTI Consulting in New York, and later served as a director at Rhodium Group, leading its China Macro & Policy group. He returned to Eurasia Group in 2019, spending six years working closely with CEO Maziar Minovi — helping design new management structures and performance metrics, developing a new high-touch offering for large institutional clients, and managing teams across New York, Tokyo, and São Paulo.

Nick holds a master's in business administration (asset management) from Yale University, a master's in Asian studies from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, and a bachelor's in political science and Asian studies from Furman University. He is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and was previously a member of the US-China Futures Project funded by Schmidt Futures, and a Kim Koo Fellow at the Korea Society. In his free time, Nick enjoys endurance sports and spending time with his wife, two sons, and chocolate lab. He is a self-described competitive US masters swimmer — a description his teammates accept with generous enthusiasm.