The CIOs of the largest pools of capital have jobs that require broad skillsets. They cover the world across asset classes and strategies, determine portfolio construction, and decide what goes into the portfolio. They’re also leaders – managing people in an investment office, working with a Board, and taking care of all their stakeholders, whether students, grantees, pensioners, family members, insured recipients, or sovereign states. It’s a complex role that involves far more than just investing.

But they don’t do it alone. Behind every successful CIO is a talented team who focuses most, if not all their time, on investing.

We’ve spent time with many senior decision makers at our Summits and find they are closest to the action and deeply insightful about investment opportunities and the investment process.

This mini-series, Senior Decision Makers, features conversations with investors that have not (yet!) ascended to the CIO seat. These professionals are the primary driver of decisions that lead new ideas into a portfolio or exits from a manager or strategy, and are at a fascinating point in their career.

Partner and the CEO of Capital Allocators, Hank Strmac, will take the mic and lead an exploration of the investment thinking and role of Senior Decision Makers.