Joseph Boateng, CFA, CPA/PFS

Chief Investment Officer

Joseph Boateng joined Casey Family Programs as its first Chief Investment Officer in January 2007. He provides counsel to the Board of Trustees as it carries out its responsibility for the investment of foundation assets. Boateng oversees a team of investment analysts and support staff that are caretakers of Casey Family Programs’ endowment. He advises the Board of Trustees to ensure that foundation assets are invested prudently.
Portrait of Joseph Boateng.

Career highlights

Prior to joining Casey Family Programs, Boateng was a member of the Johnson & Johnson Investment Committee, responsible for managing more than $17 billion in employee benefit assets worldwide. Previously, he was a managing consultant at KPMG Consulting, leading major derivatives, financing and securitization projects for large-scale financial clients. Boateng also spent 13 years with the Xerox Corporation, where he held various positions, including being a key member of the Trust Investment Team that managed $10 billion in pension and savings plan assets worldwide.

Boateng received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Ghana in 1987 and his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1991. He is an alumnus of the Oxford University Said Business School and has served as an instructor at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Public service, honors and professional affiliations

Boateng is a member of the Investment Advisory Committee for the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System, the Nuveen/TIAA-CREF Fund Board and Lumina Foundation Board of Directors. He also chairs the Seattle Foundation’s Investment Committee and serves on the Advisory Councils of NASP Africa Institutional Investors and the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. His professional designations include Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Public Accountant and Personal Financial Specialist.