Shundrawn A. Thomas

Shundrawn A. Thomas is a professional investor and corporate executive with more than 30 years of impactful leadership in financial services. He is the founder and managing partner of The Copia Group, a private investment firm that provides bespoke credit solutions to privately held, lower-middle-market companies.

Prior to founding Copia, Thomas served as president of Northern Trust Asset Management, a leading global investment manager with $1.3 trillion in assets at the time, and as a member of the executive management group of Northern Trust Corporation. His executive roles included head of FlexShares ETFs, president of Northern Trust Securities, and head of corporate strategy. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Thomas worked at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in sales, trading, and research divisions.

Highly respected for his authentic leadership style, Thomas has earned numerous industry accolades. In 2017, Black Enterprise Magazine named him among the Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America. In 2021, Thomas became a member of ThinkAdvisor’s class of industry luminaries, and InvestmentNews honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his inclusive leadership.

Thomas is an esteemed speaker, advisor, and published author. He serves as a board director of Reinsurance Group of America, a global life and health reinsurance company. He also supports a range of philanthropic causes, including serving as a trustee for Rush University Medical Center and the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry.

Thomas received a BS in accounting from Florida A&M University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he served as a Toigo Fellow. He is a fellow in the sixth class of the Aspen Institute’s Finance Leaders Fellowship. He is happily married and has two young adult sons.