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About Us Keith Nelson
Keith Nelson
Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer
Keith Nelson is Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer for Texas Children’s Hospital. Mr. Nelson joined Texas Children’s Hospital as Director of Investments in 2013. He assumed responsibility as SVP & Chief Investment Officer in 2018 and broadened his scope across the enterprise as Executive Vice President in 2023. In his current role, Mr. Nelson is responsible for the direction, oversight, administration and management for all Texas Children’s investment portfolios, including the organization’s long-term reserves and pension plan, as well as the investable reserves for the Texas Children’s Health Plan.
Prior to Texas Children’s, Mr. Nelson served on the investment team for the North Carolina Retirement Systems, following several roles in investment management and finance at Hatteras Funds, Dogwood Equity and Wachovia Securities.
An Ohio native, Mr. Nelson is a graduate of Davidson College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, as well as the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where he earned a Master of Business Administration.