Larry Krummen is the Chief Investment Officer for the Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees’ Retirement System (MPERS), where he is responsible for the management and oversight of the system’s $2.3 billion investment portfolio. Since joining MPERS in 2003, he has restructured the portfolio into a diversified and sophisticated investment program with investments across global equities, fixed income, hedge funds, private equity, and real assets. During his tenure, he has transformed MPERS’ investment portfolio from a historically underperforming fund to one that consistently ranks among the top performing funds in the peer universe. Through the efficient use of