Chris Goolgasian

Mr. Christopher J.
Goolgasian is a Managing Director, Director of Climate Research & Portfolio Manager at Wellington Management Co. LLP.
He joined the firm in 2014 and focuses on investment solutions that share an enduring nature and require critical strategic thinking.
For climate research, Mr. Goolgasian spearheads a collaborative initiative between Wellington Management and Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) to integrate climate science and asset management.
This alliance, launched in 2018, is focused on creating investor tools to help analyze and better understand how and where climate change may impact global capital markets.
He plays a critical role in aligning WHRC and Wellington resources to ensure the initiative is mapped to investable insights.
He is also a member of the Wellington Multi-Strategy Investment Review Group.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Goolgasian was director of Investment Strategy, helping develop and manage a variety of defined contribution, tactical, absolute return, and alternative risk premia strategies for the firm’s clients.
Prior to joining Wellington Management, he was Head of Portfolio Management – Americas within the Investment Solutions Group at State Street Global Advisors from 2010 to 2014.
Before joining State Street, he held a number of different investment roles at Fidelity Investments and Pyramis Global Advisors beginning in 1997.
Previously, he was a CPA with Kaplan, Moran, Digennaro in the public accounting field from 1995 to 1997.
Mr. Goolgasian earned both his BA (1995) with a concentration in Accounting and his MBA (1997) with a concentration in Finance from Bryant University.
Additionally, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternatives Investment Analyst designations, and he is a CPA.