George is chief investment officer and global head of equities for Principal Asset Management. In this role, he possesses leadership responsibility for the equities platform including managing more than 120 investment professionals across the firm's global investment centers. Maris also serves as portfolio manager on the firm's international equity strategies. George joined Principal in 2023, most recently serving as Head of Equities - Americas at Janus Henderson where he was a member of the firm’s executive committee, and as lead portfolio manager on the firm’s international and global alpha equity strategies where the international fund received the 2024 Lipper Award. Prior to Janus Henderson, George was lead portfolio manager of the domestic core, international core and global equity strategies at Northern Trust Global Investments. Maris additionally was at Columbia Management Group serving as portfolio manager on its large-cap and mid-cap core domestic equity strategies. He previously was portfolio manager, equity analyst and derivatives strategist at Putnam Investments, where the convertible securities strategy he co-managed also received the 2004 Lipper Award. Maris received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Swarthmore College, Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois, and Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. George is a holder of the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.