Leslie Gambon

Experience

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  Wells Fargo / Nikko Investment Advisors

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1996

  Client Order Management, Transition Services and Fund Accounting

  Supervised staff of 7 in the efficient day-to-day flow of transitions and cash subscriptions and redemptions for approx. 600 institutional clients. Extensive interaction with traders and portfolio managers. Valued and analyzed performance of commingled trust funds. Prepared financial statements and cash projections.

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  Barclays

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2009

  Built and ran portfolio management team to run the flagship LifePath target date fund and other DC products. Collaborated with research and product development to design and implement new products increasing our market share in the DC segment and diversify the firm’s offerings. Accountable for smooth and efficient functioning of the day-to-day investment process while delivering process improvement and business evolution. Developed a process for prime broker selection and implemented first use of multi-prime brokers at the firm in order to improve fund performance though lower costs. Responsible for the management of a variety of projects within the group and across the firm. Managed the full software development cycle. Successfully pitched a proposal for adopting best practice around project management, quality assurance and change control. Provided operational expertise and thought leadership to the business with regard to operational risk. Held primary responsibility for interfacing between users and developers to maintain and prioritize the team’s technology queue. Developed and presented business proposals.

  • Director, US Defined Contribution Portfolio Management (US), Client Solutions

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  • Director, Business Manager, Scientific Active Equity

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  • Project Manager, Scientific Active Equity Portfolio Management

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

  • Risk Manager, Global Operational Risk Management

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  • Project Manager, Index Equity Portfolio Management & Strategic Projects

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1999
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  BlackRock

  Jan 2009 - Aug 2014

  Led a team of 12 portfolio managers responsible for $275 billion in assets under management across 675 funds and separate accounts. Book of business included core asset allocation portfolios of single and multi-asset classes fund of fund strategies, liability hedging, currency hedging, derivative overlays, and custom solutions. Led a team of 10 portfolio managers responsible for $400 billion in assets under management across 750 funds and separate accounts. Book of business included core asset allocation portfolios of single and multi-asset class fund of fund strategies, model driven target date funds and custom solutions.

  • Managing Director, Institutional Index Asset Allocation PM (US and Japan), Beta Strategies

    Jan 2011 - Aug 2014

  • Managing Director, Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Portfolio Management (US)

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2011
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  Charles Schwab

  Nov 2014 - Dec 2018

  Vice President, Fiduciary Oversight Officer

  Lead the Fiduciary Oversight Organization within the Charles Schwab Investment Management (CSIM) team. CSIM is one of the nation's largest money market fund managers and provides oversight for institutional-style, sub-advised Laudus Funds family and manages Schwab Funds mutual funds and Schwab ETFs. Our business includes both passive and quantitative active management across equities, fixed income and multi-asset investment vehicles. The Fiduciary Oversight Organization is the embodiment of CSIM’s deep commitment to providing the highest fiduciary standards to our clients and funds’ shareholders. Our clients can place the utmost trust and confidence in CSIM to manage their money because we provide the fiduciary expertise and resources that our investment team needs in order to act in our clients’ best interest. We foster and support fiduciary accountability within the CSIM investment team by engaging in processes that allow CSIM to emphasize its high fiduciary standards, facilitating and promoting good governance, designing thoughtful and practical policies and procedures, and assisting Portfolio Management in ensuring compliance with regulatory guidance and internal guidelines. We are a key investment team partner to Compliance, Legal, Operational Risk and Product Management teams. Show less