Tom Masthay serves as Deputy CIO for TMRS and is a member of its investment committee. Previously, he had roles as TMRS’s Director of Private Equity and Director of Real Assets. Prior to TMRS, he had investment roles for NextEra Energy and Kentucky Retirement Systems and began his career as a bank auditor during the GFC.
Masthay received an MBA and BBA in Finance from the University of Kentucky. Tom holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Chartered Alternative Financial Analyst (CAIA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designations, is a Six Sigma Greenbelt, and has been published in the Journal of Private Equity.
Favorite investment quote:
When I was young, I thought money was the most important thing in life. Now that I am old, I know that it is.”
– Oscar Wilde
What should GPs know about you?
My office desk sits before a Willie Stargell Hall of Fame Inductee poster I begged for and received at 5 years old; a poster purchased for $20 in 1988 by my parents while living on a nominal grad student stipend they kept a young family of four on. For me, the poster is a daily reminder of from where I came and to whom I owe my success, pushes me to be an athlete in all things, and demands of me the drive to be a hall of fame parent, husband, person, and investor for TMRS beneficiaries.