Christopher M. Hyzy

Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, U.S. Trust

Christopher M. Hyzy is managing director and chief investment officer at U.S. Trust. In this role, he develops, manages and oversees the investment process; determines the investment view of the firm; and, develops and manages the asset allocation strategy and investment policies of the firm. He also is responsible for the development and execution of investment strategy including overall portfolio management, specialty asset management, wealth structuring and trading for U.S. Trust. Previously, he served as the chief investment strategist for U.S. Trust. Prior to joining U.S. Trust in December 2005, he was chief investment officer and head of product strategy for the Latin American market region of The Citigroup Private Bank. Hyzy chaired the global investment themes committee and was a voting member of the investment strategy committee for The Citigroup Private Bank, and active member of the investment policy committee, the product strategy committee, senior leadership team. Previously, Chris had a 13-year tenure at Merrill Lynch. In his latest position, he was the director of Merrill Lynch’s Investment Policy Group and head of the Investment Committee for International Private Clients. Chris also held investment positions including director of the Global Portfolio Strategy group for the firm’s Private Wealth Advisory senior international equity strategist for Merrill Lynch’s Private Client and Middle Markets Group. Chris received his B.A. in business from Villanova University and earned an Executive M.B.A. in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business.