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Eric Ward is Global General Counsel of Natixis Investment Managers and is a member of the Management and Executive Committees. He is responsible for leading the firm's legal teams worldwide, with a mission of providing legal advice and support, corporate and transactional structuring of business units, and adhering to local regulatory requirements. Providing Natixis' distribution and asset management teams with innovative legal solutions to advance business strategies is another responsibility. Prior to joining Natixis Investment Managers in 2004, Eric was an associate in the Capital Markets Department of the law firm Linklaters in London and Paris. Before that he was an associate in the Corporate Department of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in New York City, practicing in the areas of securities transactions and mergers and acquisitions. In 1996 and 1997, he was a legal officer at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Eric holds a BA in History and French summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from DePauw University and a JD cum laude from Indiana University School of Law. He is a member of the bar of the State of New York and a board member and treasurer of the Association of Institutional Investors. In addition, Eric is a trustee of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and a member of the Massachusetts Audubon Society Council and its Board Real Estate Committee. He is also a trustee emeritus of the French Library, Inc.