Chris Orndorff
About
Chris Orndorff is from Seattle, Washington, United States. Chris is currently Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Cercano Management, located in Bellevue, Washington, United States. Chris also works as Member of the Board of Directors at Bank OZK, a job Chris has held since May 2018. In Chris's previous role as a Board Member at FJ Management, Chris worked in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States until Jul 2024. Prior to joining FJ Management, Chris was a Chief Investment Officer at Vulcan Inc. and held the position of Chief Investment Officer at Seattle, WA, USA. Prior to that, Chris was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Western Asset Management, based in Pasadena, CA, USA from Oct 2010 to Jun 2016. Chris started working as Member Board of Directors at Mercer Advisors in Santa Barbara, California Area in Jun 2010. From Feb 2009 to Oct 2010, Chris was Chief Investment Officer at Orndorff Capital Management, based in Greater Los Angeles Area. Prior to that, Chris was a Managing Principal at Payden & Rygel, based in Los Angeles, CA, USA from May 1990 to Feb 2009. Chris started working as Second Vice President at Northern Trust in Chicago, IL, USA in Jun 1985.
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Chris Orndorff's current jobs
Member of Board of Directors Member, Audit Committee
Chris Orndorff's past jobs
Assist owners with risk, capital allocation, and management succession.
* Oversee management of fixed income, equity, venture capital, growth equity, private credit, and private equity teams. Most assets are managed internally. Most private assets are direct. * Chair, Vulcan Investment Committee. The committee determines asset allocation between 9 distinct asset classes using a 3-5 year time horizon. * Lead portfolio manager, global equity all-cap portfolio. * Board member of portfolio companies, such as Transparent Financial Systems (blockchain) * Work extensively with the internal real estate, finance, and legal teams.
* Member: US Broad Strategy Committee, Global Strategy Committee, Product Development Committee, Strategic Planning Committee * Manage multi-sector, unconstrained, and absolute return portfolios. Founded Multi-Asset Credit product, serve as lead portfolio manager and grew it to over $6 billion with institutional clients in Europe and North America. * Experienced managing mutual funds, UCITs, ETFs, and segregated accounts for investors worldwide and in multiple base currencies * Supervise derivatives team
Active board member, advised on business strategy, investment strategy, marketing/sales strategy. At the time, Mercer was a portfolio investment of Lovell Minnick Partners (private equity).
* Actively managed long/short macro portfolio. Utilized global fixed income, global equity, currency, commodities, real estate (REITs). * Realized above market annualized total return and market leading information ratio.
* Executive Committee Member * Investment Policy Committee Member, rotating chair * Trustee, Paydenfunds * Board Member of joint ventures with Metzler (Germany), Potomac (Hong Kong), Kravitz (USA) * Founder and Head of Global Equity, US Equity, Global Balanced, Fixed Income Credit, Currency Overlay, and Absolute Return products. Former head of Global Fixed Income.
* Portfolio Manager, Global Fixed Income for Institutional and High Net Worth clients