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Christopher Ailman

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Christopher Ailman

Chief Investment Officer, California State Teachers' Retirement System
Christopher Ailman

Christopher Ailman has been CalSTRS’ Chief Investment Officer since October 2000. With 37 years of institutional investment experience, he leads an investment staff of more than 200 and oversees a portfolio valued at $319.8 billion as of Jan. 31, 2022. His service on boards and advisory boards in the U.S. and U.K. includes representing institutional investors on the MSCI Index Editorial Advisory Board, the PRI Asset Owners Advisory Committee, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Investor Advisory Group, and the Toigo Foundation. He chairs the 300 Club and co-chairs the Milken Global Capital Markets Committee. In 2016, he was part of the first cohort to achieve a Fundamentals of Sustainable Accounting (FSA) credential.