Chris Adolph

Chris Adolph

Director, Customized Portfolio Solutions - EMEA

BA (Hons), Accounting, University of Kent


Chris Adolph is Director of Customized Portfolio Solutions for the EMEA region. Chris works alongside Richard Webb, Head of Customized Portfolio Solutions in EMEA, and the EMEA sales and client service teams, where he focuses primarily on Russell Investments’ broad implementation service capabilities. In addition, Chris acts as a primary specialist during transition events, with responsibilities that include the development of transition strategies, their efficient execution and, in conjunction with sales and client service, the development of the post-transition client deliverable.

Chris joined Russell Investments in November 2009 and has over 18 years’ transition management experience. He headed up the EMEA transition team at UBS in 2007, following four years as a senior transition manager at State Street.

Chris has over 30 years of investment management experience, including over 10 years at First Quadrant L.P. where he was director of trading, overseeing mainly the asset allocation strategies and managing global equity, fixed income, derivative and currency trading.


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