Susan Mangiero, PhD, CFA, FRM
President and CEO

As Investment Governance Inc. CEO and founder, Dr. Susan Mangiero provides strategic direction and vision and is responsible for the overall operations of the organization. She is considered a leader in the areas of investment governance and risk management and is frequently invited to speak and write on the topics of valuation, risk management and best practices. Creator of the award-winning, syndicated financial blog, www.pensionriskmatters.com, Susan is the author of Risk Management for Pensions, Endowments and Foundations (John Wiley & Sons), selected chapters in financial books and countless articles in various prominent publications. Susan is widely quoted in publications that include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post and Pensions & Benefits. She has appeared on CNN and CNBC and keynoted for events such as Audit World 2009 and the 2009 AICPA Employee Benefits Conference.

Susan has over 20 years of experience on both the buy and sell sides in capital markets, trading, global treasury, asset-liability management, portfolio management, economic and investment analysis, derivatives, financial risk control and valuation. Prior to founding two companies, Susan worked for organizations that include General Electric, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bank of America, Bankers Trust, First National Bank of Chicago and National Economic Research Associates. She was selected as risk management specialist for the World Bank team tasked with a review of the Chilean national retirement program. Dr. Mangiero has done forensic and expert witness work on a variety of investment, risk and valuation cases.

A Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder, Susan is certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals as a Financial Risk Manager. She holds a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Connecticut, an MBA in Finance from New York University, an MA in Economics from George Washington University, and a BA in Economics from George Mason University. Post-graduate computational finance work was done at Carnegie Mellon University.