Beth Kaiser, CFA, CIPM

Mrs. Kaiser Schwartz is a director of global industry standards at CFA Institute. She maintains the GIPS standards through management of the interpretations process, develops standards and guidance for new technical areas, and works extensively with volunteer committees. As founder and president of Kaiser Consulting Associates, Inc., she has worked with institutional investors on performance measurement and GIPS-related matters. Mrs. Kaiser Schwartz has worked for both investment managers and investors in various performance, risk, and operations-related roles both as an employee and a consultant.  Before working for CFA Institute, she was a volunteer on the North American Investment Performance Committee, the Investor/Consultant Subcommittee of the GIPS Executive Committee, and the Intellectual Property Working Group of the GIPS Executive Committee. Ms. Kaiser holds a BS degree in finance from Florida Atlantic University.