Kourtney Gibson
Kourtney Gibson is a financial services industry veteran and CEO of Retirement Solutions at TIAA, a leading provider of secure retirements and outcome-focused investment solutions. She is responsible for leading TIAA's business segments that accounts for $740 billion of the firm’s $1.4 trillion in assets under management. Prior to joining TIAA, Gibson was most recently President and Executive Vice Chairman of Loop Capital Markets, one of the largest privately held investment banking, brokerage and advisory firms headquartered in the country. During her more than 20-year tenure at Loop Capital, she oversaw various corporate, governmental, institutional and consultant client relations and led multiple functions, including firmwide operations, asset management, strategy, sales and trading. Most notably, she spearheaded initiatives to deepen client relations and deliver an array of comprehensive solutions across more than 80 countries.
Kourtney Gibson Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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CEO of Retirement Solutions
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Executive Vice Chairman
Academic History
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M.B.A., Business Administration and Management
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B.B.A., International Finance and Marketing
Gibson leads the core retirement business, overseeing the development and distribution of strategies and services for institutional clients and consultants.
Prior to her current role, she was TIAA Chief Institutional Client Officer, responsible for serving more than 15,000 retirement plan sponsors in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields and their consultants
She oversaw the team responsible for managing relationships with key industry leaders and advocacy organizations and was responsible for partnering across the company to deliver the full Enterprise to TIAA’s institutional clients.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors, FIS
Board of Directors, MarketAxess Holdings
Board of Trustees, Viterbo University
Advisory Board Member, LIMRA Retirement Plan
Founding Board Member, Dibia DREAM Foundation
Gibson contributed significantly to the growth and expansion of Loop Capital, one of the largest privately held investment banking, brokerage and advisory firms headquartered in the U.S.
She was responsible for setting long-term strategy and aligning talent and other resources to deepen client relationships and deliver a wide array of outcome-oriented solutions.
She managed over $6 billion in assets on behalf of institutional clients and executed an average of $1.75 billion in daily trading in over 80 countries.
CAREER
Gibson is a frequent network contributor who provides commentary on market trends and events and is a trailblazer for women and minorities both in finance and more broadly.
She previously served on the boards of lululemon and the University of Miami, and is a past member of the Treasury Market Practices Group sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
She has been featured in Barron's, American Banker, The Washington Post, and CNBC.
RECOGNITIONS