Nicholas Stuart

Nicholas Stuart is a Managing Director in the Energy group at KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM). He delivers strategic advice to energy clients and has executed more than 100 advisory and capital markets transactions for energy companies. Prior to joining KBCM in June of 2012, Nicholas was a Vice President in the Energy Investment Banking Group for Stifel Nicolaus for six years. He began his career spanning four years with KPMG LLP’s audit practice in Washington, DC, covering a variety of sectors including natural resources.

Nicholas earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business. As a component of his graduate studies, he attended the China-European International Business School in Shanghai, China, and briefly worked in the China studies group of DaimlerChrysler.

Nicholas is a Certified Public Accountant (not in public practice) and holds the Series 7 and 63 securities licenses. He is also President of the Houston Energy Finance Group.

In addition to his professional career, he is consistently a top 1% fundraiser for the MS 150 charitable cycling event in Houston, serves on the Boards of Directors of the Houston Arts Alliance and Dacamera of Houston, and is an Eagle Scout.