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Collette Chilton is an American businesswoman and the current Chief Investment Officer of the Williams College Investment Office.[1][2] Previously, she was the Chief Investment Officer and President of Lucent Asset Management Corporation.
Collette Chilton | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business Administration |
| Occupation(s) | Chief Investment Officer, Williams College Investment Office |
| Known for | Business |
Early life
editChilton grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.[3] Chilton attended the University of California, Berkeley, and graduated with a degree in political economy of natural resources in 1981. She graduated from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business Administration in 1986.[4]
Career
editBefore working at the Williams College Investment Office, Chilton was Chief Investment Officer and President of Lucent Asset Management Corporation. At Lucent, Chilton managed over $40 billion in funds. Before Lucent, Chilton served as Chief Investment Officer of both the Massachusetts State Teachers’ and Employees’ Retirement Systems Trust and the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board.[4][5] Before this, Chilton worked for both Citicorp Investment Bank and First National Bank of Boston.[6]
As Chief Investment Officer, Chilton oversees the process of selecting managers for each asset class in the Williams endowment portfolio. The endowment has grown substantially in the last 10 years under Chilton, except for the years of the financial crisis and recovery: the fund returned, for example, -18.4% in 2009. Last year, the portfolio returned 9.9% with an objective of 5%. In the last 3 years, the portfolio has returned 14.1% with an objective of 6.3%.[7]
Pam Peedin, Dartmouth's Chief Investment Officer, called Chilton "one of the real leaders in our field" in an interview with the Tuck School of Business.[3]
Personal life
editChilton is currently chair of the board of The Investment Fund for Foundations Advisory Services and on the board of the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck.[6] She is also on the investment committees of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and Dartmouth College.[6] Previously, Chilton served on the board of governors of NASDAQ OMX BX.[8]
Chilton lives in Boston with her husband, Court Chilton, who is a senior lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Chilton appointed College CIO — The Williams Record". Williamsrecord.com. 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "Williams College's financial muscle grows with impressive endowment return - Boston Business Journal". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ a b "Tuck School of Business | Invested in the Mission". Tuck.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ^ a b "Collette Chilton Named Chief Investment Officer | Office of Communications". Communications.williams.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ^ "Collette D. Chilton: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ^ a b c "TIFF: Our Boards". Tiff.org. Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ^ "Williams Investment Report 2015" (PDF). Investment.williams.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "Collette D. Chilton: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ^ "Court Chilton | Results By Design". Results-by-design.com. Retrieved 2016-01-12.