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Chris Orndorff

CEO at Cercano Management,

Seattle, Washington

Overview

Work Experience

CM

Cercano Management

  • Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

    2022 - Current

BO

Bank OZK

  • Member of the Board of Directors

    2018

    Member of Board of Directors Member, Audit Committee

VI

Vulcan Inc.

  • Chief Investment Officer

    2016 - 2021

    * Oversee management of fixed income, equity, venture capital, growth equity, private credit, and private equity teams. Most assets are managed internally. Most private assets are direct. * Chair, Vulcan Investment Committee. The committee determines asset allocation between 9 distinct asset classes using a 3-5 year time horizon. * Lead portfolio manager, global equity all-cap portfolio. * Board member of portfolio companies, such as Transparent Financial Systems (blockchain) * Work extensively with the internal real estate, finance, and legal teams.

WA

Western Asset Management

  • Senior Portfolio Manager

    2010 - 2016

    * Member: US Broad Strategy Committee, Global Strategy Committee, Product Development Committee, Strategic Planning Committee * Manage multi-sector, unconstrained, and absolute return portfolios. Founded Multi-Asset Credit product, serve as lead portfolio manager and grew it to over $6 billion with institutional clients in Europe and North America. * Experienced managing mutual funds, UCITs, ETFs, and segregated accounts for investors worldwide and in multiple base currencies * Supervise derivatives team

MA

Mercer Advisors

  • Member Board of Directors

    2010 - 2015

    Active board member, advised on business strategy, investment strategy, marketing/sales strategy. At the time, Mercer was a portfolio investment of Lovell Minnick Partners (private equity).

Orndorff Capital Management

  • Chief Investment Officer

    2009 - 2010

    * Actively managed long/short macro portfolio. Utilized global fixed income, global equity, currency, commodities, real estate (REITs). * Realized above market annualized total return and market leading information ratio.

P&

Payden & Rygel

  • Managing Principal

    1990 - 2009

    * Executive Committee Member * Investment Policy Committee Member, rotating chair * Trustee, Paydenfunds * Board Member of joint ventures with Metzler (Germany), Potomac (Hong Kong), Kravitz (USA) * Founder and Head of Global Equity, US Equity, Global Balanced, Fixed Income Credit, Currency Overlay, and Absolute Return products. Former head of Global Fixed Income.

NT

Northern Trust

  • Second Vice President

    1985 - 1990

    * Portfolio Manager, Global Fixed Income for Institutional and High Net Worth clients

Education

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