Chris Pettia serves as the Head of Private Assets on the Alternative Investments team for SEI’s Investment Management Unit. He is responsible for all aspects of the firm’s private equity, private real estate, private credit, and real assets initiatives. In this role, Chris manages a team that oversees more than $5 billion in assets under management across a wide variety of illiquid strategies and managers. Prior to joining SEI in 2022, Chris was a Portfolio Manager in the Private Markets Group at DuPont Capital where he was responsible for sourcing, leading, and managing investments across private asset strategies on behalf of the DuPont Pension and third-party institutional investors. Ch
Chris Pettia
Head of Private Equity and Real Assets, Managing Director
SEI
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Head of Private Equity and Real Assets, Managing Director
SEI
Investment Team,Operations Team
Investor
RIA/Wealth Manager/Asset Manager
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
United States
Jul 18, 2025
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