Duke Williams II

Jimmie "Duke" Williams II is a Managing Director of Disciplina Group, LLC, and leads the firm's efforts to offer investment solutions to high net worth individuals, small family offices, foundations and plan sponsors. Prior to joining Disciplina, Duke was an Investment Consultant at Aon Investments based in Chicago, and was the leader of the Insurance Solutions Investment Consulting Practice for North America. He also served as a consultant to some of the largest pension, retirement benefit plans and nonprofits in North America. Before Aon, Duke was the Vice President of Treasury and Cash Management for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (BCBSLA) and was responsible for the investments and cash strategy, the corporate retirement plan, venture capital program, and the Foundation's investment portfolio.

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Duke also served in various key investment roles at Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL). As the Director of Investment Operations, he was responsible for the investment operations of the $20 billion plan and the oversight of the investments in the $1.8 billion defined contribution plan. As the Private Assets Manager at TRSL, he was responsible for manager selection, review, and reporting of the $4.5 billion alternative investment portfolio. Prior to TRSL, Duke was responsible for the investment operations, manager due diligence, and internally managed fixed income pools for the LSU Foundation investment office. Duke started his career at Merrill Lynch and was responsible for compliance, trading and investment operations.

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Duke is a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University (2005) with a bachelor's degree in Finance and holds an M.B.A. from Tulane University (2012).