Christopher J. Ailman
Mr. Ailman is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the $120 billion California State Teachers’
Retirement System (CalSTRS), the second-largest pension fund in the nation. As CIO, Mr. Ailman
leads a team of seven directors, and an investment staff of 96, which manage the following
divisions: Private Equity, Global Equities, Corporate Governance, Fixed Income, Real Estate,
Operations and Innovation / Risk. He joined CalSTRS in the fall of 2000. He has over 23 years
of institutional investment management experience.
He currently serves on several boards and advisory boards in the U.S. and U.K. He is a Governor
of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), a U.K. non-profit promoting shareholder
rights across the globe. He is also on the board and was the past chairman for the Pacific
Pension Institute, an educational institute for the study of Pacific Rim institutional investments.
He currently represents institutional investors on the Russell Index Client Advisory Board and the
MSCI Barra Index Editorial Advisory Board. Mr. Ailman is also the first pension plan member of the
New America Alliance, a Latino business initiative. For the past ten years he has served as advisor
to the Institute for Fiduciary Education (IFE) Market Makers annual investment conference.
In 2000, he received the CIO of the Year – IFE Leadership Award by IFE. In 2003, his state CIO
peers awarded him the Richard Stoddard Award for service in the investment of public pensions. In
2006, he was honored to be the first Anglo to receive the Distinguished Service Award for the
Advancement of Latinos in business by the New America Alliance.
Prior to joining CalSTRS, Mr. Ailman had more than four years experience managing the $60 billion
Washington State Investment Board and 11 years experience working for the Sacramento County Employees
Retirement System where he served as CIO of the pension fund for the county.
Mr. Ailman received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from the University of California Santa
Barbara in 1980. He received his Certified Financial Planner certification from the University of
Southern California in 1984. He is married with three daughters and is a committed Promise Keeper.
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