Meagan Nichols
Founder, Harker Capital
Meagan Nichols is Founder at Harker Capital. She advises real assets investors on investment and business strategy, governance, capital structure and formation, portfolio construction and an array of other topics. She regularly authors investment research, is a frequent speaker at industry events around the globe and serves on several investment manager and industry publication advisory boards. She previously served as a Partner and Head of the Real Assets Investment Group at Cambridge Associates. Nichols built and led the 25 person team responsible for all aspects of real estate, infrastructure and natural resources investment strategy, portfolio management and market research. She chaired the firm’s Real Assets Investment Committee and sat on the steering committee for CA Women. Under her leadership, Cambridge Associates was named the IPE Real Assets Consultant of the Year for three consecutive years. She was a Managing Director and Senior Real Estate Strategist within Goldman Sachs’ Asset and Wealth Management business. During her tenure at Goldman, she worked to architect the business strategy for the firm’s real estate funds business and was a member of the Global Real Estate Investment Committee. She is President of the Palisades Tahoe Community Foundation and as a board member since 2020, she strives to advance ski and snowboard athletes in the Palisades Tahoe community. She previously served on the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) board of directors between 2020 and 2022 and on the PREA Social Impact Committee from 2020 to 2024.
