Paul Matson, CFA: CEO of Arizona State Retirement System
The ASRS serves more than 550,000 members and oversees an investment portfolio of approximately $24 billion in its administration of the state's largest pension plan.
From 1995 through 2002, Mr. Matson served as chief investment officer for the ASRS, and was responsible for the internal and external multi asset-class investment management of the fund.
From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Matson served as Senior Investment Advisor, Treasury Division, Workers Compensation Board, Alberta, Canada. His overall responsibilities were for asset mix, asset class selection, manager analysis and performance monitoring for the multi-billion dollar fund.
From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Matson served as Financial Analyst and Portfolio Analyst, Investment Management Division, Alberta Treasury. His duties included performance measurement, derivatives analysis, fixed income analysis, asset mix analysis, liability analysis and various portfolio support activities.
Mr. Matson has also lectured at numerous conferences and as an adjunct professor at Western International University. He has been a regular speaker at the Peter F. Drucker School of Business at the Claremont Graduate University and is a past president of what is now the Phoenix CFA Society.