Jeffrey L. Knight joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments firms in 2013 and was named head of global investment solutions and co-head of global asset allocation in 2014. In this role

Mr. Knight oversees a diverse lineup of institutional strategies and mutual funds, including capital allocation, risk allocation, risk parity and total return products and solutions.

Previously, Mr. Knight was at Putnam Investments, where he most recently managed several mutual funds and institutional strategies as Head of Global Asset Allocation.

He began at Putnam in 1993 as senior quantitative analyst in the Global Asset Allocation Group and was instrumental in the development of quantitative models and methodologies. He has been a member of the investment community since 1987.

Mr. Knight received a B.A. from Colgate University and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Mr. Knight holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.