Interim Chief Investment Officer

Dan Bienvenue assumed the role of interim chief investment officer in September, 2023, where he oversees the entirety of the CalPERS Investment Office, including responsibility for the Total Fund investment strategies and business management.

In his permanent role at CalPERS as the Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Capital Markets and Operations, which he began in April 2020, Dan is responsible for the public markets investments in Global Public Equity, Global Fixed Income, and the Affiliate Investment Program.  In addition, Dan oversees all of the operations functions in the Investment Office, including public and private markets operations, investment services, data, technology and performance, investment compliance, and operational due diligence.

He joined CalPERS in September 2004, and during his tenure Dan has held several leadership roles with the Investment Office, including interim CIO, concurrent roles as the interim chief operating investment officer and deputy chief investment officer, total portfolio, as well as managing investment director of Global Equity. He served as the managing investment director overseeing Global Equity from 2014-20, and as senior portfolio manager in Internal Equity.

Prior to CalPERS, Dan was a principal and senior portfolio manager with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), leading an international equity portfolio management team responsible for $55 billion across developed and emerging markets. Before BGI, his work experience includes sales and trading in the analyst program with J.P. Morgan Securities in New York.

Dan graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in economics, cum laude, from the University of California, Davis, where he was an Academic All-American in wrestling. He also holds both the CFA and CAIA charters and is a director on the board of the CAIA.