David C. Brown has served as Chief Executive Officer of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (Victory Capital) since August 2013 and Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2014. Mr. Brown also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Victory Capital Management Inc. (VCM), Victory Capital’s wholly owned registered investment adviser, responsible for the development, execution, and oversight of firm strategy. He is Chairman of the VCM Investment Committee and a member of the Boards of Trustees for Victory Portfolios I, II and III. 

Mr. Brown joined VCM in 2004 and has held multiple senior level positions, including President and Chief Operating Officer prior to his current role. Before joining VCM, Mr. Brown spent five years at Gartmore Global Investments, Inc. in a number of senior management positions including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Gartmore Emerging Managers, LLC. Prior to joining Gartmore, he worked for Ernst & Young LLP as a Manager in the Assurance & Advisory Business Services unit focusing on investment management businesses.

Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with an emphasis on accounting from Ursinus College and a Master of Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University. Previously, he served as a member of San Antonio’s Airport System Development Committee and on the Boards of Directors for Alderwood Partners LLP, Cerebellum Capital, the Summa Health Systems of Ohio Investment Committee, and JumpStart of Ohio. Mr. Brown was formerly a member of the Bluecoats, Inc. of Cuyahoga County, OH, and was selected as a 40 under 40 award winner by Crain’s Cleveland Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).