Public Investor 100 – 2015
Brief Summary
FOR A THIRD YEAR, SWFI REVEALS A RANKING OF THE 100 MOST SIGNIFICANT AND IMPACTFUL ASSET OWNER AND PUBLIC EXECUTIVES OF 2015.
These men and women command billions of assets, impacting the lives of stakeholders and constituents globally. The people on the list were chosen by SWFI staff – not influenced by asset managers, governments or consultants. They come from medium to large-sized asset owners – sovereign wealth funds, public pensions, superannuation funds, endowments, central banks and other retirement funds. The size of managed assets is not the only criterion for ranking inclusion. One of the major factor that warrants inclusion on the list is the contribution to important trends in the asset owner industry.
This ranking will appear in our October issue of the Sovereign Wealth Quarterly.
| RANK | NAME | TITLE(S) | ORGANIZATION / FUND NAME | COUNTRY OF ORIGIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janet Yellen | Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | Federal Reserve | United States |
| 2 | Fahad Abdullah Al-Mubarak | Governor | Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency | Saudi Arabia |
| 3 | Karsten Kallevig | Chief Investment Officer Real Estate | Norges Bank Investment Management | Norway |
| 4 | Mats Andersson | Chief Executive Officer | Fjärde AP-fonden | Sweden |
| 5 | Heung-Sik Choo | Chief Investment Officer | Korea Investment Corporation | South Korea |
| 6 | Brian Tipple | Global Head of External Equities | Abu Dhabi Investment Authority | UAE |
| 7 | Fiona Mackenzie | Head of Investments | New Zealand Superannuation Fund | New Zealand |
| 8 | Michael Pennisi | Chief Strategy Officer | State Public Sector Superannuation Scheme | Australia |
| 9 | Daniel Garant | Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer | PSP Investments | Canada |
| 10 | Scott Malpass | Chief Investment Officer | University of Notre Dame | United States |
| 11 | R. David Kelly | Chairman | Teacher Retirement System of Texas | United States |
| 12 | Gregory Curl | President | Temasek Holdings | Singapore |
| 13 | Choi Kwang | Chairman and CEO | National Pension Service (Korea) | South Korea |
| 14 | Bruce Zimmerman | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer | University of Texas Investment Management Company | United States |
| 15 | Tay Lim Hock | President, Private Equity and Infrastructure | GIC Private Limited | Singapore |
| 16 | Eric Wetlaufer | Head of Public Market Investments | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | Canada |
| 17 | Ian Silk | Chief Executive Officer | AustralianSuper | Australia |
| 18 | Seth Alexander | President | MIT Investment Management Company | United States |
| 19 | Chris Rule | Chief Investment Officer | London Pension Fund Authority | United Kingdom |
| 20 | Dale MacMaster | Chief Investment Officer | Alberta Investment Management Corporation | Canada |
| 21 | Robert Tessier | Chairman | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec | Canada |
| 22 | Carsten Stendevad | Chief Executive Officer | ATP | Denmark |
| 23 | Eissa Mohamed Al Suwaidi | Managing Director | Abu Dhabi Investment Council | UAE |
| 24 | Takahiro Mitani | President | Government Pension Investment Fund | Japan |
| 25 | Jagdeep Singh Bachher | Chief Investment Officer of the Regents | University of California, Office of The President Endowment | United States |
| 26 | Peter Costello | Chairman | Future Fund | Australia |
| 27 | Wylie Tollette | Chief Operating Investment Officer | California Public Employees’ Retirement System | United States |
| 28 | Mikael Angberg | Chief Investment Officer | Första AP-fonden | Sweden |
| 29 | Danny Truell | Chief Investment Officer | Wellcome Trust | United Kingdom |
| 30 | Angelien Kemna | Chief Finance and Risk Officer | APG Asset Management | Netherlands |
| 31 | Damien Frawley | Chief Executive Officer | QIC | Australia |
| 32 | Thomas Schönbächler | Chief Executive Officer | Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) | Germany |
| 33 | David Villa | Chief Investment Officer | State of Wisconsin Investment Board | United States |
| 34 | Mark Fawcett | Chief Investment Officer and Executive Director | National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) | United Kingdom |
| 35 | Stephen Moseley | Senior Portfolio Manager, Private Equity | Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation | United States |
| 36 | Navid Chamdia | Head of Real Estate | Qatar Investment Authority | Qatar |
| 37 | Kristian Fok | Executive Manager, Investment Strategy | Cbus Superannuation Fund | Australia |
| 38 | Thierry Lagrange | Chief Executive Officer | Pension Fund CERN | Switzerland |
| 39 | Stephen Blyth | President and Chief Executive Officer | Harvard Management Company | United States |
| 40 | Dean Takahashi | Senior Director | Yale Investment Office | United States |
| 41 | Harry M. Keiley | Chairman | California State Teachers’ Retirement System | United States |
| 42 | Israfil Mammadov | Chief Investment Officer | State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan |
| 43 | Bruce Miller | Investment Manager | Lothian Pension Fund | United Kingdom |
| 44 | Ian McKnight | Chief Investment Officer | Royal Mail Pension Plan | United Kingdom |
| 45 | David M. Gurtz | Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Director of Risk Management | Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management | United States |
| 46 | Oleksiy Lupin | Head of Foreign Exchange and Gold Reserves Management | National Bank of Ukraine | Ukraine |
| 47 | Else Bos | Chief Executive Officer | PGGM Vermogensbeheer B.V. | Netherlands |
| 48 | Alberto Arenas de Mesa | Finance Minister | Ministry of Finance, Chile | Chile |
| 49 | Ashbel Williams Jr. | Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer | Florida State Board of Administration | United States |
| 50 | Tim Eichenberg | Council Member, State Treasurer NM | New Mexico State Investment Council | United States |
| 51 | Daisuke Hamaguchi | Chief Investment Officer | Pension Fund Association | Japan |
| 52 | Carole Wright | Chair | Public Employees’ Retirement Association of Colorado | United States |
| 53 | Greg Long | Chief Executive Officer | Federal Thrift Savings Plan | United States |
| 54 | Vicki Fuller | Chief Investment Officer | New York State Common Retirement Fund | United States |
| 55 | Anton Siluanov | Finance Minister | Russian Ministry of Finance | Russia |
| 56 | Seth Magaziner | State Treasurer | Rhode Island | United States |
| 57 | Jan Willem van Oostveen | Financial and Investment Policy Manager | PFZW | Netherlands |
| 58 | Mark Gordon | Wyoming State Treasurer | Permanent Mineral Trust Fund – Wyoming | United States |
| 59 | Norman Chan | Chief Executive | Hong Kong Monetary Authority | Hong Kong |
| 60 | Kirill Dmitriev | Chief Executive Officer | Russian Direct Investment Fund | Russia |
| 61 | Jean-Pierre Jouyet | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Groupe Caisse des Dépôts | France |
| 62 | Stephen Poloz | Governor | Bank of Canada | Canada |
| 63 | Chang Che-shen | Chairman | Public Service Pension Fund of Taiwan | Taiwan |
| 64 | Holland Timmins | Chief Investment Officer and Executive Administrator | Texas Permanent School Fund | United States |
| 65 | Xie Xuren | Chairman | National Council for Social Security Fund | China |
| 66 | Dominic Silva | Executive Director, Investments and Head of Investments | Khazanah Nasional Berhad | Malaysia |
| 67 | Matthew Trebilcock | Pension Investment Manager | Cornwall Pension Fund | United Kingdom |
| 68 | Barry Kenneth | Chief Investment Officer | Pension Protection Fund | United Kingdom |
| 69 | Gary Dokes | Chief Investment Officer | Arizona State Retirement System | United States |
| 70 | Luis Miguel Castilla Rubio | Minister of Economy and Finance | Fiscal Stabilization Fund | Peru |
| 71 | Michael Watt | Head of Investment Risk | Victoria Funds Management Corporation | Australia |
| 72 | Richard McIndoe | Head of Pensions | Strathclyde Pension Fund | United Kingdom |
| 73 | Daniel Bacquelaine | Minister for Pensions | Minister for Pensions | Belgium |
| 74 | Lincoln Webb | Senior Vice President, Private Markets | British Columbia Investment Management Corporation | Canada |
| 75 | Claus Stampe | Chief Investment Officer | PensionDanmark | Denmark |
| 76 | James Perry | Chief Investment Officer | Dallas Police & Fire Pension System | United States |
| 77 | Drew Wrigley | Chair and Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota | North Dakota Legacy Fund | United States |
| 78 | Elvyn Masassya | Chief Executive Officer | PT Jamsostek | Indonesia |
| 79 | Carlos Obeid | Group Chief Financial Officer | Mubadala Development Company | UAE |
| 80 | Scott Campbell | Chair | Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union Pension Trust | Canada |
| 81 | Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan | Chief Executive Officer | Employees’ Provident Fund (Malaysia) | Malaysia |
| 82 | Peter Morris | Director of Pensions | Greater Manchester Pension Fund | United Kingdom |
| 83 | Scott Richland | Chief Investment Officer | The California Institute of Technology | United States |
| 84 | Mike Powell | Head of Private Markets | Universities Superannuation Scheme | United Kingdom |
| 85 | Luis de Guindos | Minister of Economy and Competitiveness | Minister of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain | Spain |
| 86 | Kimberly Walker | Chief Investment Officer | Washington University Investment Management Company | United States |
| 87 | Jonathan Grabel | Chief Investment Officer | Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico | United States |
| 88 | Gary Bruebaker | Chief Investment Officer | Washington State Investment Board | United States |
| 89 | Karim Djoudi | Finance Minister | Algerian Ministry of Finance | Algeria |
| 90 | Glen Schwartz | Senior Investment Officer, Alternatives | San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System | United States |
| 91 | Robert Jones | Executive Director | Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System | United States |
| 92 | Jeb Burns | Chief Investment Officer | MERS of Michigan | United States |
| 93 | Lisa Mazzocco | Chief Investment Officer | University of Southern California Endowment | United States |
| 94 | Jim Millar | Managing Director | Princeton University Investment Company | United States |
| 95 | Adele Gorrilla | Chief Investment Officer | Denison University Endowment | United States |
| 96 | Tim Allen | Chief Investment Officer | Tacoma Employees’ Retirement System | United States |
| 97 | David Peden | Chief Investment Officer | Kentucky Retirement Systems | United States |
| 98 | Søren Dal Thomsen | Chief Executive Officer | AP Pension | Denmark |
| 99 | Jason MacDonald | Senior Portfolio Manager, Private Markets Division of Investment | New Jersey Department of the Treasury | United States |
| 100 | Scott Simon | Chief Investment Officer | Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado | United States |