Margo Cook

Margo Cook is an outside director on Bridgewater’s Operating Board of Directors. Margo joined the Internal Board as an outside director in July 2021. Margo brings more than 30 years of executive leadership, operating experience and innovative thinking as an investor, CIO and business leader in the asset management industry. Margo was the President of Nuveen Advisory Services, responsible for over $1 trillion in assets in 24 countries and prior to the integration of TIAA and Nuveen’s asset management businesses, Margo served as Co-President of Nuveen Investments. Prior to Nuveen, Margo led the institutional asset management business at Bear Stearns Asset Management and was CIO of the institutional business at BNY Mellon. Before becoming CIO, Margo was the Head of Fixed Income for several years.

Margo is active in the asset management business today through advisory and board positions. She serves as an advisor to a large insurance company seeking investment in private credit, on the board of private equity firm, EQT, and on several advisory boards, including The TIFIN Group, a fin-tech platform. Margo is also a frequent speaker on issues around leadership and improving the gender balance in the asset management industry.