Elizabeth Burton
managing director and client investment strategist, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Elizabeth is a managing director and client investment strategist in Client Solutions & Capital Markets within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. She advises institutional clients on their investment strategy and portfolio objectives, working alongside global client advisors and product strategists across public and private markets. Elizabeth joined Goldman Sachs in 2022 as a managing director.
Prior to joining the firm, Elizabeth was chief investment officer at the Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii. Before that, she served as a managing director in the Quantitative Strategies Group at the Maryland State Retirement Agency, where she was responsible for the agency’s absolute return portfolio and oversaw risk management. Earlier in her career, Elizabeth held leadership positions as an investor, economist, and consultant in asset management as well as fixed income trading.
Elizabeth serves on the Board of Directors of the Chartered Alternative Investment Association (CAIA). In addition, she serves on the board of the Hill School.
Elizabeth earned a BA in politics and french from Washington and Lee University in 2004 and an MBA in finance and econometrics and statistics from the University of Chicago in 2011. She is a charterholder of CAIA.