Nick O'Keefe
Chief Compliance Officer
Nick O’Keefe was promoted in 2025 to Chief Compliance Officer and previously served as Chief Financial Officer responsible for all financial and investment accounting functions, internal audit, compliance, and facilities.
Nick joined TMRS in June 2012 as Lead Investment Attorney, responsible for negotiating TMRS’ private and public fund investments. In 2023, he was promoted to Deputy Chief Investment Officer responsible for investment operations and the Data, Performance, and Risk group.
Prior to joining TMRS, Nick was an investment attorney in Chicago working on behalf of investment funds, institutional investors, and trading groups on the floors of the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Nick received his JD from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, his MBA. in Finance from Loyola University, and his BS in Business Administration with a minor in accounting from Spring Hill College. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys, and the Institutional Limited Partners Association.
