Savina Rizova

Co-Chief Investment Officer

“Our high bar for research and our thoughtful implementation allow us to provide clients with value-added investment solutions that can withstand the test of time.”

Savina Rizova is Co-Chief Investment Officer at Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. She helps lead a team of more than 300 investment professionals across six countries alongside Gerard O’Reilly, who is also Co-Chief Executive Officer. Savina chairs the Investment Research Committee and is a member of the Investment Committee. She previously served as Dimensional’s Global Head of Research.

Since joining Dimensional’s Research department in 2004, Savina has helped drive innovation across Dimensional’s product offering, including the development, launch, and rapid growth of Dimensional exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the expanded separately managed accounts (SMAs) and unified managed accounts (UMAs) offerings, and model portfolios. She was instrumental in expanding the Research team to include specialists in investment research, strategy research, and analytics and data.

Savina has been recognized by Barron’s as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance and by Pensions & Investments as one of the most influential women in institutional investing. She holds a PhD in finance and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She also earned a BA in economics and mathematics from Dartmouth College, where she was a research assistant to Professor Kenneth French.