Victor Nesi joined Stifel Nicolaus in 2009 and is Co-Head of Capital Markets and Director of Investment Banking. Mr. Nesi is a member of the Board of Directors of Stifel Financial Corp. In his twenty year investment banking career, Victor has worked closely with clients on strategic advisory projects totaling in excess of $200 billion including exclusive sales, cross-industry mergers, restructurings, and domestic and cross border acquisitions. On the financing side, Victor has advised clients on investment grade and non-investment grade debt, as well as on numerous equity and equity-linked transactions, including the then largest IPO in US history, the AT&T $10.6 billion letter stock carve-out of AT&T Wireless.

Before joining Stifel Nicolaus, Mr. Nesi was a Senior Vice President of Merrill Lynch and Global Head of the Technology, Telecommunications and Media Industries Group within Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity. Immediately prior to joining the group in 2007, Mr. Nesi was the Head of Americas Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch with responsibility for the firm's investment banking origination activities for corporate, financial and sovereign clients in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Before assuming this role in March 2005, Mr. Nesi was head of the Telecom & Media Investment Banking Group, with responsibility for Merrill Lynch's investment banking activities in those sectors.

Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1996, Victor spent seven years as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers Inc and Goldman Sachs. Prior to becoming an investment banker, Victor practiced corporate and securities law for four years with the law firm of Shea & Gould.

Victor received a BA from Georgetown University in 1982 and a JD from Georgetown University Law School in 1985. He resides in Fairfield, CT with his wife, Denise, and six children, Andrew, Jacqueline, Eric, Sarah, Alexandra and Margaret.