April Wilcox
The $358.4 billion California State Teachers’ Retirement System announced on Monday the promotion of April Wilcox to senior investment director of strategic management and operations.
Wilcox, a CIO Class of 2022 NextGen, formerly served as CalSTRS’ director of investment services, responsible for strengthening operational efficiency and portfolio performance. She will report to CIO Scott Chan in her new role.
“April and her team are the backbone of CalSTRS investments, and she is the right person to lead our future evolution in key areas such as the buildout of the investment team’s approach to technology,” Chan said in a statement. “She is a tremendous leader, and I’m confident she will excel as our newest senior investment director. Her experience and knowledge across the breadth of our portfolio and investment strategies are invaluable.”
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Wilcox’s responsibilities now include providing strategic direction over the fund’s investment servicing and business operational management divisions; overseeing risk and governance across the fund’s investments branch; and implementing the fund’s vision, business plans and strategic goals and objectives.
“I’m honored and excited for this new role working alongside other senior investment directors to achieve our mission on behalf of our members,” Wilcox said in a statement. “I look forward to building on our momentum with technological transformation and driving innovation across our investment divisions.”
Wilcox has spent nearly 20 years at CalSTRS, and her previous titles include director of investment operations, investment officer for fixed income and investment operations, and senior accounting officer in investment accounting.
Wilcox earned a bachelor of science degree in finance from California State University, Sacramento.
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