Omar Aguilar is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Schwab Asset Management, and President and CEO of Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, responsible for leading, developing, and overseeing the firms’ investment strategies. Omar is also responsible for the Schwab Center for Financial Research, which provides quality research and education, timely market insights, and practical guidance to help millions of investors make informed financial decisions.

Omar has more than 25 years of broad investment management experience in the equity markets, including managing index, quantitative equity, asset allocation, and multi-manager strategies. Prior to joining Schwab Asset Management in 2011, Omar worked at Financial Engines where he was responsible for managing more than $40 billion in assets from leading retirement plan sponsors in the defined contribution market. Before that, he served as head of quantitative equity for ING Investment Management (now known as Voya Investment Management), building and developing the group and managing more than $20 billion in assets with 15 global active, index and enhanced index strategies for pension funds, variable annuities, and mutual funds. Omar also served as head of quantitative research for Lehman Brothers' alternative investment management business and as a director of quantitative research and a portfolio manager with both Merrill Lynch Investment Management and Bankers Trust.