Ronald Thompson, Cfa, Caia Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Manage public equities & fixed income, private credit and alternative investments

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Managed $5B in retirement plan assets, including investing, sourcing, hiring, terminating, and monitoring Alcoa's investment managers. Led team of 3 people in collegial, respectful, and professional manner.Completed a turn-around in the management of Alcoa’s $3.5B pension plan within 2 years by implementing a new investment strategy, optimizing a multi-asset-class portfolio, generating positive investment results, and significantly improving global pension plan collaborationImplemented process resulting in improving compliance, controls, processes, and risk management.Reduced fees by outsourcing investment reporting, eliminating high-fee investment managers and restructuring investment portfolio.Implemented a de-risking strategy for Alcoa’s fully funded, non-qualified pension plan.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Managed $7B in global retirement plan assets, including US Pension Plan, US 401k Plan and defined benefit pension plans in UK, Canada, and Switzerland Managed and monitored external investment managers on a global basisServed as Board member on pension plans in Switzerland, the UK and Canada.Reduced custody fees by outsourcing performance reporting.Gained valuable experience, working in culture characterized by strong compliance, controls, processes, and risk management.

Midland, Mi

Managed $3.0B in global retirement plans including defined benefit and defined contribution plans Served as a voting member on US investment committee and as Board member on company pension plans in the UK and Belgium.Initiated and led implementation of liability driven investment strategy for Dow Corning's global pension plans resulting in a significant reduction in balance sheet riskWorked collaboratively across functional areas on all investment-related initiatives, including establishment of a Rabbi Trust, wind-up of Canadian pension plan, design of German pension plan and key global governance projects.Treasurer of the Dow Corning Foundation

Midland, Mi

Extensive hands-on experience as a portfolio manager, equity analyst and trader in an in-house asset management department which managed money for Dow's pension planMade equity investment recommendations for a $650M internally managed equity portfolioMet with and monitored external investment managers for Dow Chemical's pension plan

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Bank credit analyst, fixed income analyst and equity analyst

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Ba, Accounting

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Accounting

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Accounting