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  1. www.mesirow.com › bio › natalie-brownNatalie Brown | Mesirow

    312.595.8018. Natalie Brown is Chief Executive Officer of Mesirow and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. As CEO, Natalie oversees firm-wide growth and profitability, the execution of strategic initiatives, and shareholder value creation, partnering with the firm’s Executive Chairman and Board of Directors to establish and implement ...

  2. Jun 30, 2022 · CHICAGO, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mesirow, an independent, employee-owned financial services firm, today announced the appointment of Natalie A. Brown as CEO following a unanimous...

    • Building Trust
    • An Independent Outlook
    • Bringing It Together
    • Put to The Test
    • Small But Mighty
    • Passion For Purpose
    • Reaping The Benefits

    Brown first joined the now 85-year-old business in 2018 as its CFO and swiftly proved her worth. Straight away, she embarked on a listening tour with the business leaders and they highlighted their collective desire for “increased transparency” not only in terms of costs, but also around the firm’s actions, its risks and its projections. She alread...

    Headquartered in Chicago, Mesirow has US$227 billion in assets under supervision and 500 employees spread across 19 offices in the US as well as London and Hong Kong. But when Brown describes it as a “relatively small firm” she means it as a compliment. “I’m a small to medium-size company person,” she points out. “For me, it’s about culture and it’...

    Mesirow is organized into three main divisions – Capital Markets and Investment Banking, Advisory Services and Global Investment Management – with several market-leading capabilities within each. “When I think about the history, our businesses had been very siloed for many years. The three divisions I described didn’t even exist just a few years ag...

    Stepping into a new role with very different responsibilities has been fast-paced, but Brown has embraced the challenge. Although she considers herself a natural introvert, she has made herself part of the Chicago scene in order to win new business. “That’s new to me. I’ve had a lot of success when I can break it down into one-on-one or small group...

    Even though it is a smaller, boutique firm, some of Mesirow’s businesses command an impressive market share. “One of our retirement businesses has a 13 per cent market share,” Brown specifies. “For a firm our size, that’s a big number and that scale makes it easier for those businesses to grow. “But our businesses that were subscale or smaller, we ...

    There’s no doubt that spirit of independence and entrepreneurship runs deep in Mesirow’s veins, underpinning the company culture throughout its 85-year existence. But the ideas of partnership and purpose are also extremely important. “The firm is very community-minded, more so than anywhere else I’ve ever worked – it’s not just a checkbox here,” Br...

    It’s a win–win scenario, with Brown seeing three distinct benefits from encouraging DEI. “It is my opinion that we make better decisions when we have diverse perspectives included in the decision-making process, period,” she insists. Second, a commitment to DEI is essential to attract and retain the next generation of leaders with studies showing m...

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  4. Jun 3, 2021 · CHICAGO, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. ("Mesirow" or the "firm"), an independent, employee-owned financial services firm, today announced the appointment of...

  5. Jun 30, 2022 · June 30, 2022 11:24 AM. Mesirow Financial has tapped a relative newcomer to the 85-year-old investment firm as the sixth CEO in its history. Natalie Brown leads the Chicago-based investment...

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