Jeffrey Scott has joined Stanford University as a Visiting Scholar to work on the CRGP's project on 'in-house asset management'. He currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer at Wurts & Associates where, since 2011, he has been head of the firm's discretionary asset management division and oversees manager research. Wurts & Associates provides research-driven investment solutions that enable institutional investors to prudently discharge their fiduciary responsibility. 

 
Prior to Wurts Mr. Scott held the position of Chief Investment Officer for the Alaska Permanent Fund's $40 billion investment portfolio. During his tenure he led the Fund in adopting a risk-factor approach to asset allocation, along with the development of risk-based investment policy. Alaska was awarded the aiCIO Industry Innovation Award for 2010 and Institutional Investor Magazine awarded Jeff the 2011 Outstanding Industry Contribution Award for the Hedge Fund Industry.

As Assistant Treasurer at Microsoft Corporation he managed the capital market activities and a group of 30 professionals. Jeff's management responsibilities included $80 billion global investment portfolio, $10 billion foreign exchange hedging program, and $60 billion capital distribution plan. His team developed an extensive array of asset allocation and risk management models to set the strategic and tactical investment and hedging strategies, which produced $7 billion in value-add.

Mr. Scott holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Central Michigan University and a Bachelors Degree in Finance from the University of Idaho. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the Long Term Investor Council of the World Economic Forum.