From data to decisions: How emerging technologies can enhance ESG assessments and reporting

Author's Biography

William Nelson is an Associate General Counsel at the Investment Adviser Association (IAA). For more than 85 years, the IAA has been advocating for advisers before Congress and US and global regulators, promoting best practices and providing education and resources to empower investment advisers to serve their clients. The IAA's member firms manage more than $35tn in assets for a wide variety of individual and institutional clients. Prior to joining the IAA, William served as Chief Compliance Officer for Mercer Advisers, one of the largest independent SEC-registered investment advisers in the US, where he served as the subject matter expert on all legal and regulatory compliance issues. William previously served as Assistant General Counsel and Public Policy Counsel for Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards and has held multiple roles as an attorney with both the US Departments of Justice and Veterans Affairs. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, teaching securities law, previously taught at George Washington University Law School, currently serves as Chair for the DC Bar's Corporation, Finance and Securities Law Community, and serves as a member of the North American Securities Administrators Association's (NASAA's) Senior Issues Advisory Committee. William is regularly invited to speak at industry events, has been published in several scholarly law journals, and his work has been cited in legal treatises and state and federal court decisions. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tulsa, his JD with Honours from the University of Tulsa College of Law, and his LLM from the George Washington University Law School.