The new hire will assume leadership responsibilities across the firm’s $221.2 billion equities platform.
The fund received commitments from institutional investors, including endowments, family offices, foundations and public and private pension funds.
The plan liquidated a global equity mandate and made $1.5 billion in total commitments in July.
The pension plan committed $125 million to new and existing manager relationships last week.
The plan most recently renewed its general investment consultant contract in August 2022.
The plan’s real estate committee received four investment recommendations on Wednesday and approved a commitment in May.
He joined the firm from DWS Group, where he was senior relationship manager for consultant relations.
The plan replaced both its passive equity and fixed-income mandates with Vanguard Group as well as its sustainable equity mandate with Neuberger Berman in May.
The county received two proposals in response to an investment advisor RFP issued in March due to its incumbent’s contract expiration.
Andrew Spellar has served as cio of the $4.6 billion Fairfax County (Va.) Employees’ Retirement System since 2015.