Vijay Advani was the Executive Chairman of Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA. Nuveen is a leading global asset management firm with more than $1 trillion under management, offering a comprehensive range of outcome-focused investment solutions designed to secure the long-term financial goals of institutional and individual investors. Its investment specialists offer deep expertise across a comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies.He is responsible for Nuveen’s overall strategy and growth with a focus on three key initiatives of the firm: impact and ESG investing; the further development of Nuveen Labs; and growing Nuveen’s business and investment capabilities outside of the U.S. Prior to this role, Vijay was CEO of Nuveen from 2017-2020, and had day-to-day responsibility for the firm.Before joining the firm in 2017, Vijay was Co-President of Franklin Templeton Investments, where in a career of more than 20 years, he was responsible for long-term strategic initiatives and the firm’s investment management, trading and global retail and institutional channels. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Vijay spent 11 years at the World Bank advising governments on developing their financial markets and arranging equity, quasi-equity and debt financing.Vijay is Chairman of the Global Board of Directors of the U.S.– India Business Council (USIBC). He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute (ICI) and serves on the Boards of Jumpstart, FCLTGlobal and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). Vijay is a member of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute (ICI). He also serves on the Boards of Jumpstart and the U.S. - India Business Council (USIBC), FCLTGlobal and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). He is also an advisory board member for The Hive Incubator in Palo Alto, charter member of TiE Silicon Valley and past board member of the U.S. - India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) and the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania. Vijay is a committee member of the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative, member of the India Advisory Committee and Investment Committee at the Santa Clara University (SCU) and former board member of Lok Foundation. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Mumbai and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.