George P. Maris, CFA

Portfolio Manager, CIO and Global Head of Equities
George P. Maris, CFA
27 years of experience

George Maris is Executive Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, Global Head of Equities, and Portfolio Manager for Principal Asset Management. In this role, he possesses responsibility for the equities platform including managing more than 130 professionals across the firm's global investment centers. He further serves as lead Portfolio Manager on the firm's international equity strategies. George joined Principal in 2023. Prior to his current role he served as Head of Equities - Americas at Janus Henderson where he was a member of the firm’s executive committee, and as lead Portfolio Manager on the firm’s international and global alpha equity strategies. Prior to Janus Henderson, George was lead Portfolio Manager of the domestic core, international core, and global equity strategies at Northern Trust Global Investments. He additionally served as Portfolio Manager on Columbia Management Group’s large-cap and mid-cap core domestic equity strategies, and was Portfolio Manager, Equity Analyst and Derivatives Strategist at Putnam Investments. George guest lectured at several universities including the MIT Sloan School of Management, Wake Forest University, and University of Denver. In addition, he previously served on the Executive Advisory Board of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver and on the board of the Danielsen Institute at Boston University. He received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Swarthmore College, Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois, and Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. George earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.