Paul Ballard

Mr. Paul Ballard is Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co. He is responsible for the overall operation of the Trust Company and all investment management activities.
He joined the firm in February 2003.
Prior to joining the Trust Company, Mr. Ballard was the Executive Administrator and CIO of the Texas Permanent School Fund, a $20 billion endowment benefiting K-12 public education in the state of Texas.
His institutional funds management experience includes having served as Executive Director of the Kansas City Missouri Public School Retirement System.
He began his investment management career in 1982 when serving as Chief Financial Officer for Safety Federal Savings in Kansas City where he was charged with responsibility for building and managing the institution's mortgage backed securities portfolio.
Mr. Ballard holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.