With the sixth annual Chief Investment Officer Industry Innovation Awards less than three months away, the most innovative asset owner and consultant finalists have been revealed.
The shortlist for this year’s Next Generation Award and the Consulting Award draws from the US, Europe, and Australia, representing the very best of those already recognized on the 2015 Forty Under Forty and Knowledge Brokers lists.
The Next Generation Award spotlights the asset owners of tomorrow, the emerging leaders in institutional investing. Last year—the first time we celebrated the younger generation at the Industry Innovation Awards—Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Randy Kim took home the crown.
This year’s finalists include Adele Gorrilla of Denison University, Leslie Lenzo of Advocate Health Care, and Ryan Bailey of Children’s Health System of Texas.
The Consulting Award honors the most innovative and powerful gatekeepers of the industry. Eugene Podkaminer of Callan Associates won the award last year and this year’s nominees include his colleague Jim Callahan, Robert Gardner of Redington, and Fiona Trafford-Walker of Australia’s Frontier Advisors.
The winners of these categories will be announced at the sixth annual Industry Innovation Awards on December 3 at the New York Public Library.
Nominees are as follows:
The Next Generation Award
– Ryan Bailey (Children’s Health System of Texas)
– Evalinde Eelens (Mars)
– Brad Gilbert (Teacher Retirement System of Texas)
– Adele Gorrilla (Denison University)
– Ed Hetherington (University of North Carolina Management Company)
– Monica Lai (Pfizer)
– Leslie Lenzo (Advocate Health Care)
– Sarah Samuels (Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board)
The Consulting Award
– Jim Callahan (Callan Associates)
– Greg Dowling (Fund Evaluation Group)
– Robert Gardner (Redington)
– Tim McCusker (NEPC)
– Rich Nuzum (Mercer)
– Robin Pellish (Rocaton Investment Advisors)
– Fiona Trafford-Walker (Frontier Advisors)
– Martijn Vos (Ortec Finance)