Founding Member and President, Disciplina Group
Matthew W. Wright, CFA Founding Member and President of Disciplina Group launched in 2013. Disciplina Group, LLC provides resource limited institutional investors with access to global investment management capabilities comparable to top university endowments and foundations, implemented by a seasoned team with over a decade of experience of overseeing two major U.S. university endowments. Prior to founding Disciplina, Matthew was the Vice Chancellor for Investments and Chief Investment Officer of Vanderbilt University from 2007 – 2012, where he led a twenty-person team responsible for investment oversight of the university’s $3.9 billion investment portfolio. From 2001-2007, Matthew was the Director of Investments at Emory University, which had a $5.0 billion endowment during his tenure. He also previously worked for Bank of America Capital Management as a portfolio manager and as an investment analyst for Xerox Corporation. He has a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Seton Hall University and an M.B.A. from the University of Rochester. He is also a member of: the CFA Institute, Seton Hall University Board of Regents and Board of Trust, Father Ryan High School Board, Leadership Nashville Class of 2016, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, and Investment Committee Member for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
Throughout his 25-year plus career, Matthew has been a featured speaker, moderator and panelist at industry conferences such as Institutional Investor, Thomson Reuters, NMS Management, and others. In addition, he has been featured in local and national publications regarding institutional investing. In 2017, he gave the commencement address for his alma mater at Seton Hall University’s 160th Commencement Ceremony.