Mesirow is proud to sponsor the 2026 Private Placements Industry Forum (PPIF), the world's largest private placement deal-making event. Nathaniel Sager is participating in a panel discussion - “The Strategic Agent: How are banks creating value in an increasingly complex private placement ecosystem?”
Nathaniel Sager
Nathaniel Sager serves as President and Head of Strategy for Mesirow Capital Markets as well as Co-Head of Mesirow Credit Tenant Lease and Structured Debt Products. He is responsible for providing private debt capital raising services for clients that own commercial real estate properties, as well as fixed income investment banking services to institutional fixed income investors. He specializes in creative structured solutions including zero coupon accretion notes, mezzanine notes, and senior secured residual bonds, and has expertise in analyzing and structuring governmental transactions. As President and Head of Strategy for Mesirow Capital Markets, Nat provides thought leadership and direction across the Capital Markets business. He is Vice Chairman of Mesirow’s Capital Markets Board of Directors, contributing to the stewardship and oversight of business activities and risk mitigation in Mesirow Financial, Inc. Additionally, as a member of the Mesirow Board of Directors, he contributes to developing and overseeing the strategic direction of the firm.
Prior to joining Mesirow in 2010, Nat worked as the director of business development and leasing at ECD Company, a Chicago-based real estate private equity and development firm.
Nat earned a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Nathaniel holds Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Series 7 and 63 licenses.