Chris DeMeo, FSA, CFA

Co Chief Executive Officer

Chris has 27 years of experience in investment management, capital markets and consulting. Before co-founding Nu Paradigm, DeMeo was Head of Investment, Americas at Towers Watson, and was responsible for leading the Americas investment business which had more than 200 clients with over $600 billion under advisement and $20 billion in oCIO. He was responsible for developing and implementing investment solutions for a number of the firm’s major clients, including strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction and alternative investments.

Prior to Towers Watson, DeMeo was Director, Investment Strategy at Russell Investments where he led the team that delivered investment strategies for retirement plans, foundations & endowments, operating assets and insurance companies. Previous roles included Director, Retirement Capital Solutions at Merrill Lynch where he advised numerous Fortune 500 retirement plan sponsors on developing and implementing innovative investment solutions; and Vice President, Global Structured Products at Bank of America where his team developed and marketed fixed-income structured solutions for the institutional retirement and insurance markets.

Chris earned a B.A. in Mathematics and Philosophy from Syracuse University. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. He also regularly presents at investment industry conferences on a wide range of topics including strategy, risk management and alternative investments.