Head of Institutional Investor Solutions, Maples Group
James Perry is Head of Institutional Investor Solutions with the Maples Group where he is responsible for shaping the firm’s offerings and enhancing its service delivery to institutional investors. He brings more than 20 years of investment management experience, with over 10 years serving in senior investment roles overseeing portfolios of public assets in California and Texas. James is a recognized thought leader in the investment industry, as evidenced through a number of awards, including being named as one of the Top 30 Pension Fund Chief Investment Officers (Trusted Insight, 2016) and receiving the Investor Intelligence Award for Innovation (Institutional Investor, 2014).
Prior to joining the Maples Group in 2016, he served as Chief Investment Officer of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System where he oversaw all investments in the system’s portfolio and rewrote the plan’s investment policy and strategic asset allocation. Prior to that, he served as Assistant Vice Chancellor and Assistant Chief Investment Officer for the Texas Tech University System, and was the Senior Investment Officer at San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association.
James served as a Naval Officer and Aviator in the US Navy and holds both the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from National University and a Bachelor of Applied Science, Biochemical and Biophysical Science degree from the University of Houston.