Managing Investment Director,
Global Equity

Simiso Nzima was named managing investment director of global equity in October 2021.

He oversees the Fund’s global public equity asset class’ investment strategies, programs, and policies, which includes direct in-house implementation of domestic, international, and emerging market index and alternative-beta portfolios, as well as oversight of externally managed active strategies.

Simiso has been a member of the CalPERS investment team for more than 16 years. He previously served as the investment director and head of corporate governance where he oversaw all aspects of the corporate governance program, including proxy voting, shareowner campaigns, and corporate engagements. Before that, he was portfolio manager of the internally managed emerging markets equity portfolios.

Prior to joining CalPERS, he held equity research and portfolio management roles at First Mutual Asset Management Company, Sagit Stockbrokers, and Alliance-MBCA Capital Management.

He is a member of the member of the Climate Action 100+ global Steering Committee and the Council of Institutional Investors board.

Simiso holds an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, a Bachelor of Commerce Honors degree in finance from the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe, and the CFA designation.