Thomas Collimore, CFA

Tom Collimore is Head, Institutional Relationships, for CFA Institute, the global not-for-profit association of investment professionals. In this role, he is responsible for managing institutional investment organization partnerships with CFA Institute. Previously, Mr. Collimore managed the investor education group of CFA Institute.  He also co-leads an externally focused initiative on diversity and inclusion in investment management and since 2015 has served on the advisory board of Girls Who Invest, a not-for-profit organization supporting opportunities for young women in investment management.

Before joining CFA Institute, he served as Managing Director, Investor Relations, for CIFG Holding, a group of bond insurance companies based in Paris and Bermuda.  In past positions, Mr. Collimore managed private asset-backed sales for Société Générale and Radian Group.

Earlier in his career, he managed portfolios of financial institution and real estate credits for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and predecessors of J.P. Morgan Chase.  Mr. Collimore previously served as adjunct professor of finance at St. John’s University School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (then, the College of Insurance).

Mr. Collimore holds a Master’s in Business Administration, with a finance concentration, from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a Bachelor’s in Foreign Service, with a concentration in international finance and commerce, from Georgetown University. He has held the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation since 1997.