MissionSquare Retirement currently serves as the plans’ service provider.
The duo will oversee the firm’s $165 billion private equity business in their newly created roles.
He most recently served as managing director and deputy cio of agriculture at Manulife Investment Management.
The plan made private markets commitments totaling $44.6 million and approved a 2023 pacing plan last month.
He previously held business development leadership roles at Highbridge Capital Management and KKR.
The city last issued an RFP for the services in 2016.
The plan hired an international growth equity manager and committed to two existing private equity managers last month.
The plan committed to a new credit manager earlier this month.
The plan approved a core-plus fixed-income manager search and terminated its hedge fund-of-funds mandate as the result of a new asset allocation policy.
The plan authorized two private equity fund-of-funds searches and terminated two managers within its diversified strategies portfolio as the result of a new asset allocation policy.