President & Partner
Chris is the President and one of the founding partners of Acropolis Investment Management. He has 40 years of experience successfully guiding clients and managing financial assets through a wide variety of market environments. Prior to starting Acropolis in 2002, Chris served for 13 years as Senior Vice President, Managing Director for Mark Twain Bank’s Capital Markets Group. Chris began his career in 1980 with Bear Stearns & Company on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Today he continues to work with a select group of private clients and consult with various institutional accounts.
Chris has extensive experience in personal financial planning and managing investment strategies for a variety of situations and organizations. Expertise includes: asset/liability analysis, asset allocation analysis, individual security analysis including: domestic, global and preferred stock analysis; the analysis of structure, liquidity and credit risks of rated debt securities, including: mortgages, agencies, treasuries, corporates, municipals, money markets, asset-backed, swaps, futures and options. Recognized as a student of the economy and the markets, he periodically prepares market and economic outlook presentations for various organizations.
Chris is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors for Ullico Inc. He has served on multiple charitable boards and remains active in the community today. Chris earned a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Missouri-Columbia.