Nathan Fischer
Former Chief Investment Officer
Lumina Foundation for Education Inc.

Nathan E. Fischer most recently served as Chief Investment Officer for the $1.1 billion Lumina Foundation, gaining recognition as an early adopter of several techniques to efficiently managing flexible policy portfolios; including the use of asset groups as the primary building blocks for portfolio diversification. Prior to joining Lumina, he served as an institutional client service representative for Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management in San Diego.

From 1995 to 1999, he worked as chief investment officer for the State of Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System and the San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association. Prior to 1995, Fischer served as head trader for a division of Chicago Title and Trust of California, and as a senior financial analyst for a private investment firm.

Fischer has served on the Greenwich Roundtable’s Education Committee for the production of “Best Practices in Portfolio Management” and has served a number of years on the Commonfund Benchmarking Committee for Foundations.

Fischer earned a master of science in business administration from San Diego State University and a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Hawaii.