Kristina Koutrakos
Director, Portfolio Strategies, Virginia Retirement System
Kristina Koutrakos is the Director of Portfolio Strategy for the Virginia Retirement System. The VRS invests approximately $110 billion for public sector employees in the Commonwealth. Kristina is responsible for identifying and implementing cross-asset class investment ideas within the Plan’s portfolio. She manages multi-asset portfolios for the Plan and is a member of the VRS Management Committee. Through her work, she interacts with asset managers, research firms, and investment companies around the world. Kristina has been an investor in the asset management industry for over two decades. Prior to joining the VRS, she founded Kyria Capital Management to develop research and deploy capital to women-run alternative investment firms. Previously, she was a Managing Director and Investment Strategist for a multi-family office. Kristina began her career in fixed income portfolio management and was a portfolio manager at Western Asset and BlackRock. Kristina is a CAIA charterholder and the former chapter head for the Washington, DC Chapter. She serves on the board for the International Centre for Pension Management and is also a member of the Milken Institute’s Global Capital Markets Advisory Council. Kristina earned a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.
