Title: Director, Public Finance, Eastern Region
Firm: Assured Guaranty
Age: 38
Industry & Community Contributions: Member, Municipal Analysts Group of New York (MAGNY); Member, Women in Public Finance
Fun Facts: Leigh's favorite vacation destination with her family is Nantucket. She has two boys, ages 5 and 3 and loves to explore local farms with them.
Leigh Nader is a Director in Assured Guaranty's Public Finance group focusing on enterprise credits for the eastern region. Leigh is the (primary) underwriter for healthcare and public higher education transactions. As a senior underwriter on her team, she was also responsible for high profile restructuring transactions such as those for Jefferson County Sewer and Detroit Water & Sewer. Leigh joined Assured Guaranty in 2005, as a Vice President in the healthcare group.
Prior to joining Assured Guaranty, Leigh was a founding member of the healthcare underwriting group for CIFG. She also worked as an underwriter in the public finance group of XL Capital Assurance, where she was responsible for not-for-profit transactions. Leigh began her career as an analyst in the Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Municipal Funds Group, where she was the lead analyst for the senior living and high yield hospital sectors.
"Leigh's is consistently a top producer and capable of underwriting a wide spectrum of credits ranging from healthcare/higher education to more traditional general government credits. She has become a 'go-to' underwriter for high profile transactions."
Jim Binette
Managing Director, Assured Guaranty
