Chris Thompson

CEO of Aegon Asset Management US

 

Chris Thompson is CEO of Aegon Asset Management US and head of the US investment business units which include public and private fixed income and Energy and Natural Resources business lines. Chris has more than three decades of distribution, product and marketing experience in asset management. Prior to joining the firm in 2019, he previously served as senior managing director and head of the Americas client group at AllianceBernstein. He also held positions at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Putnam Investments and BEA Associates/CS First Boston Investment Management. He has been in the industry since 1987 and joined Aegon AM and or its affiliates in 2019. He received his AB with a major in government from Dartmouth College and his MBA from New York University, Stern School of Business.