"Building portfolios that balance performance with disciplined risk management — public and private markets, ESG-aware."
"Exceptional returns and sustainable outcomes are not a trade-off — they are the same goal, viewed through a wider lens."
I'm Elena Vasquez-Park, a Chief Investment Officer with 16 years building and managing multi-asset portfolios across global markets. My career spans BlackRock, Bridgewater Associates, and Temasek Holdings — giving me depth across public equity, fixed income, alternatives, and private markets.
I hold a CFA Charter, an MBA from Wharton, and a BA in Economics from Princeton. I was named one of Forbes' "30 Most Powerful Women in Finance" in 2022 and 2023, and serve on the board of the UN's Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
My investment philosophy integrates fundamental analysis, factor-based quantitative models, and ESG risk frameworks — generating consistent outperformance while aligning capital with long-term structural trends.
Built and scaled one of BlackRock's first dedicated ESG equity strategies to $1.2B AUM. UNPRI board member. Proprietary ESG scoring model integrated across all asset classes.
Global multi-asset allocation across equities, fixed income, real assets, infrastructure, and hedge funds. Risk parity and factor-based frameworks. Drawdown management through COVID, 2022 rate shock.
Bottom-up fundamental research across TMT, Healthcare, Consumer, and Industrials. 12-year track record of identifying structural compounders early — Shopify at $40, NVIDIA at $180.
Private equity co-investments, venture capital allocation, infrastructure, and real estate. Board observer experience at 6 portfolio companies. ILPA-standard due diligence frameworks.
CIO for Temasek's $120B global portfolio with direct P&L responsibility for a $4.8B multi-asset sub-portfolio. Member of the Investment Committee and Sustainability Council. Leading the integration of ESG frameworks across Temasek's entire public market investment process.
MD and portfolio manager for BlackRock's first dedicated ESG equity strategy — scaled from inception to $1.2B AUM. Led team of 8 analysts across New York and London.
Portfolio manager in Bridgewater's All Weather fund applying Ray Dalio's risk parity framework across global asset classes. Responsible for Asia-Pacific allocation and EM sovereign debt research.
Elena is the finest CIO I have worked with in 35 years of institutional investing. She combines rigorous quantitative thinking with an almost instinctive understanding of market regimes. The ESG framework she built for us is now the gold standard in the industry.
Elena's call on NVIDIA in 2019 — when others dismissed AI as hype — is the kind of conviction that separates great investors from good ones. Her research process is second to none.
As a board colleague at UNPRI, Elena has reshaped how we think about responsible investment at scale. Her ability to translate complex financial frameworks into clear stakeholder narratives is extraordinary.
Exploring CIO, Co-CIO, and Head of Sustainable Investments roles at sovereign wealth funds, endowments, pension funds, and elite asset managers. Board advisory and keynote engagements also considered.