Scott L Wilson

Scott L. Wilson was been appointed chief investment officer at Washington University Investment Management Company (WUIMC), effective Nov. 27 2017, according to David W. Kemper, chairman of the board of directors of WUIMC. Wilson, who currently serves as chief investment officer at Grinnell College, will succeed Kimberly G. Walker, who stepped down from the position last year. In his current role, Wilson manages the investment strategy for Grinnell’s nearly $2 billion endowment. His responsibilities include the evaluation of global investment themes and strategies within equities, fixed income, real assets, private equity, venture capital and marketable alternatives, including portfolio overlay and potential tail risk hedging strategies. He also manages the pipeline for all of the college’s new investments and oversees existing and direct investments, including a portfolio of fixed income securities and direct private equity investments valued at over $250 million. He joined the Grinnell investment office in 2010 as director of investments and was promoted to his current position in 2013. Wilson’s previous experience also includes positions at Credit Suisse First Boston Equity Research in Chicago; Merrill Lynch Technology Equity Research Group in San Francisco; Bank of America Securities in London and Tokyo; and Barclays Capital Japan, where he served as head of the Asia Interest Rate Option Trading Desk. A Grinnell graduate with a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics, he also attended the University of Chicago’s financial mathematics program.