Li Gao

Senior Investment Officer, Head of Risk Management and Asset Allocation, Washington State Investment Board

Role
Senior Investment Officer, Head of Risk Management & Asset Allocation at Washington State Investment Board
Location
Seattle, WA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Li Gao

Seasoned investor with broad skill sets: manager selection across asset classes (public equity, private equity, fixed income, private credit, infrastructure, commodities, REITs, niche); asset allocation (both strategic and tactical); risk management and portfolio construction. • Over twenty years of investment experiences managing large institutional portfolios at various organizations (WSIB, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, HP pension, etc.) • Passionate about investing with intense intellectual curiosity regarding “how” and “why”.Publication: Alternative Views on Manager Selection Best Practice (Trusted Insight, 2016)

Experience

  1. Senior Investment Officer, Head of Risk Management & Asset Allocation

    Washington State Investment Board

    Aug 2022 — Present · Olympia, WA, US

    Develop and execute a holistic, total-portfolio approach for large, multi-asset class portfoliosIncorporate risk characteristics into asset allocation to achieve robust, risk-adjusted returnsManage an Innovation Portfolio to pursue new investment opportunities beyond the WSIB’s traditional asset classes

Education

  • The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

    MBA, Finance and Accounting

  • Anhui University

    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Business/Trade/Commerce

  • Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

    Master of Economics, International Finance

Skills

  • Equities
  • Equity Research
  • Financial Modeling
  • Pension
  • Valuation
  • Retirement Investment
  • Hedge Fund
  • Fixed Income
  • Asset Managment
  • Public Equities
  • Manager Selection
  • Hedge Funds
  • Pension Funds
  • Portfolio Management
  • Investments
  • Asset Management
  • Asset Allocation
  • Capital Markets
  • Wealth Management
  • Alternative Investments
  • Investment Banking

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