George Maris is executive managing director, CIO and global head of equities for Principal Asset Management, the global investment management business of Principal Financial Group. Maris has overall responsibilities across the equities’ platform at the firm, including managing 126 investment professionals across global investment centers. Maris also serves as a named portfolio manager on international equity strategies. Prior to joining Principal, Maris was head of equities, Americas at Janus Henderson and lead portfolio manager on the firm’s international and global alpha equity strategies. He has held several investment leadership and portfolio management positions throughout his career and has generated strong investment results, improving performance, developing teams, and innovating capabilities throughout his career. Maris has worked at Northern Trust Global Investments, Columbia Management Group and Putnam Investments in various portfolio management roles. Maris served as guest lecturer at several universities including the MIT Sloan School of Management, Wake Forest University, and the University of Denver, where he is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. Maris received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from Swarthmore College. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago and a juris doctor from the University of Illinois. George is a holder of the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.