Matthew Strube

Director, The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)

TRS manages $105 billion in retirement benefits for more than 1 million teachers in Texas.  With 30% of TRS assets; the External Public Markets Team oversees all long oriented, dislocated asset, and hedge fund allocations to external public fund managers.  Matt oversees TRS' $9 billion Hedge Fund Portfolio and is responsible for due diligence, portfolio construction and strategic direction. Prior to TRS, Matt was a proprietary derivatives trader in Chicago.  He earned an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and holds a  Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.