Christopher Sharpe helps oversee the firm’s model portfolios and is the Lead Portfolio Manager for the Natixis Target Retirement Funds target date series. Prior to joining the firm, he spent 15 years at Fidelity Investments, managing over $225 billion in multi-asset class mutual funds and institutional accounts. Christopher has over 30 years of investment experience.
As lead portfolio manager for the Fidelity Freedom Funds, Christopher was responsible for portfolio strategy, design, implementation and due diligence. He also served previously as an investment policy officer at John Hancock, managing the investment and asset/liability strategies backing the insurance company’s deferred annuities, and as an investment actuary and retirement plan design consultant at Mercer Consulting.
Christopher holds a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Brown University. He is a CFA® charterholder and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.