People Moves
The individual joined the university from a nearby investment consulting firm.
The new hire will develop and deepen relationships with institutional investors and consultants across the region while also overseeing strategic relationships across the U.S.
The investment officer spent the past eight years with the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.
The plan also approved $320 million in alternatives investments at this week’s meetings.
The foundation has hired Mount Holyoke’s director of investments as its next investment head as its cio is stepping away after nearly two decades of service.
The retirement system has already begun a search for his successor.
The principal of strategic investments will evaluate prospective venture investments or partnerships with emerging technology firms, provide investment analysis and help with structuring deals.
The foundation is searching for an investment analyst to serve as a generalist, assisting with analyzing performance and exposures as well as supporting the sourcing, screening and analyzing of prospective managers.
The firm recently added three new members to its investment team.
The former director had been with the retirement system since 2013.