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.
The pension plan hired two domestic large-cap growth equity managers as part of an ongoing shortlist search and terminated two existing managers.
The senior investment officer will help administer the systems’ three defined benefit retirement plans.
The retirement programs manager will manage and administer the system’s 457(b) Deferred Compensation Companion Plan as well as a new tiered 401(a) Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
The railway’s board is searching for an investment advisor to help implement a trust fund, which will have an initial $1.6 billion allocation.
The pension plan recently committed approximately $2.2 billion total to eight funds and terminated an existing credit strategy.
The county expects to select a firm at its Oct. 9 governing committee meeting.