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Christianna Wood, CFA, CAIA
Chief Executive Officer |
Christianna Wood is the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Z Asset Management, the largest dedicated sponsor of hedge funds. Since 1998, Capital Z has sponsored 16 hedge funds totaling almost $12 billion.
Previously, Christy was the Senior Investment Officer for the Global Equity unit of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) for five years, responsible for over $150 billion, including $100 billion internally managed in developed and emerging markets, $37 billion in external managers, $8 billion in hedge funds and $7 billion activist / corporate governance managers.
Ms. Wood’s experience spans more than 25 years in equity and fixed income investment portfolio management. Prior to CalPERS, Ms. Wood was from Denver, Colorado-based Denver Investment Advisors where she served as a Principal of the firm, Portfolio manager, Director of Value Strategies and a member of the Management Committee.
Prior to her position with Denver Investment Advisors, Ms. Wood was a Principal and Portfolio manager at two previous organizations where she managed investment teams and institutional equity and fixed income portfolios.
Ms. Wood earned a Masters of Business Administration degree in Finance from New York University’s Graduate Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics cum laude from Vassar College. She also attended London School of Economics and University College of the University of London. Ms. Wood is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.
She is a Trustee of Vassar College and on the Investment, Audit and Social Responsibility Committees of the Vassar College Board of Trustees. Christy is also a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Standard Advisory Group and the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) Consultative Advisory Group. She also Chairs the Audit and Accounting Practices Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network.
email: christy.wood@capitalz.com
phone: 212.965.0800
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