Uwe Schillhorn, CFA

Chief Investment Officer at Cook County Pension Fund
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Chicago Area
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Italian Full professional proficiency
  • Spanish Professional working proficiency

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Credentials

  • How Blockchains Will Change Business
    LinkedIn
    Dec, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Ethereum: Building Blockchain Decentralized Apps (DApps)
    LinkedIn
    Nov, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Learning Linux Command Line
    LinkedIn
    Nov, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Data Engineering Foundations
    LinkedIn
    Aug, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Blockchain: Beyond the Basics
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • CFA
    CFA Institute
  • Diploma in Corporate Governance (Diplomado en Gobierno Corporativo)
    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Experience

  • Cook County Pension Fund
    • Pension Funds
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief Investment Officer
      • Jun 2023 - Present
  • Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA)
    • United States
    • Public Policy Offices
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Program Director
      • 2022 - Present

       Advocacy for sustainability and good governance in Emerging Markets - Launched program for Health, Education and Human Rights  Advocacy for sustainability and good governance in Emerging Markets - Launched program for Health, Education and Human Rights

  • Principal Financial Group
    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • Chief Investment Officer Principal International Americas
      • 2016 - Dec 2021

       Managed the investment teams of three mutual fund and wealth management businesses, three pension funds and one insurance portfolio including multi-asset, equity, fixed income, real estate, private equity and private debt - Investment performance in second quartile and for multi-asset funds in first quartile - Grew AUM by 18% p.a. to $136 billion form Jan 2016 to Dec 2019 (pre Covid + Social Uprising) - Increased CFA charter holders from three to over 20  Governed development of new products and capabilities - Private equity and private debt capability at pension fund - Real estate mutual fund  Directed main investment technology projects - Blackrock ALADDIN - In-house cloud-based data and analytics platform using AWS  Shaped the Latin American investment teams’ alignment with the US investment teams - Reporting lines and investment processes - ESG coordination Show less

  • AFP Cuprum
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Member Board Of Directors
      • 2017 - 2020

       Member of the Board and member of the Investment Committee  Member of the Board and member of the Investment Committee

  • UBS
    • Switzerland
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income and Global Bond Portfolio Manager
      • 2005 - 2015

       Managed all institutional and retail emerging market debt mandates and provided institutional client service - Grew AUM from below $2 billion to $16 billion - Created a full product range including hard currency, local markets, corporates, sovereigns, FX, passive and systematic  Managed global bond portfolios and provided institutional client service - Strategic Global Income closed end fund with focus on rates and currencies - Global high yield mandate from Asian institution with focus on EMHY, USHY, US IG corporates and US commercial mortgages.  Member of the Global Fixed Income Investment Committee Show less

  • UBS Global Asset Management (former Brinson Partners)
    • Co-Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income and Portfolio Manager
      • 1998 - 2004
  • Swiss Bank Corporation
    • United Kingdom
    • Banking
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Portfolio Manager Latin America
      • 1995 - 1997
  • Deutsche Postbank
    • Banking
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Portfolio Analyst and Trader
      • 1993 - 1995
  • IRFIS (Istituto Regionale per il Finanziamento alle Industrie in Sicilia)
    • Research Assistant
      • Jul 1992 - Aug 1992

Education

  • University of Freiburg, Germany
    Master's Degree, Economics
    1988 - 1993
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Economics
    1990 - 1991
  • University of Freiburg, Germany
    Bachelor's Degree, Law, (Zwischenpruefung in Jura)
    1988 - 1990

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