Christine A. Loughlin, CFA, CAIA

Christine joined NEPC in August 2003 and began her career in the investment industry in 1995.  Christine is a team leader for a consulting group at NEPC, and the head of the defined contribution practice at NEPC.  She specializes in consulting to corporate defined contribution and defined benefit plans on plan design, investment, and governance issues.  Christine is a regular speaker at conferences and has co-authored several pieces for NEPC.

Prior to joining NEPC, Christine worked as an Investment Consultant at Watson Wyatt, spending five years in the Wellesley MA office and two years in the London office.  While in the U.S., she was the east coast regional specialist for defined contribution investment consulting, and in London she helped launch and support new occupational defined contribution schemes.  She also worked at Pioneer Investment Management in Boston, and Heiden Associates and Peter D. Hart Associates, both in Washington DC.

Christine has an M.S. in Finance from the London Business School and a B.A. in Economics cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Christine holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  She became a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designee in 2008.