Guillot joins CalPERS as COIO
Janine Guillot, formerly MD and COO for fixed income at Barclays Global Investors, is joining the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) as its new chief operating investment officer, under CIO Joseph Dear.
Guillot will be responsible for strategy development and implementation in alternative investments, real estate, and public markets.
“We’re especially excited about the skills and experience that Janine brings to our efforts to focus and improve how we address risk management, capital allocation, organization systems and controls, cost effectiveness and financial market reform,” Dear said. Guillot has some 25 years of financial markets experience, having worked with Ernst & Young and Bank of America prior to joining Barclays in 2002.
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