Robert Durden

Independent Director

Robert Durden is the CEO and CIO of UVIMCO. As CEO, he provides leadership for all aspects of UVIMCO’s operations and serves as UVIMCO’s primary representative to the University, related foundations, and the public. As CIO, Mr. Durden is responsible for the investment management of UVIMCO’s $18 billion Long Term Pool, overseeing the asset allocation, portfolio management, risk management, and manager selection activities of the investment staff.

Prior to joining UVIMCO, Mr. Durden served as Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, where he oversaw the hospital’s Foundation and other investment assets, totaling approximately $3 billion. He was previously a Managing Director of Private Investments at Morgan Creek Capital Management, which made $4.5 billion of private investments across private equity, energy and natural resources, and real estate.

Mr. Durden currently serves as Advisory Board Chair of TIFF Advisory Services (TAS) at TIFF Investment Management and as an Advisory Board Member of FEG Investment Advisors. He also serves as a Trustee of Cardigan Mountain School and as a member of the Investment Committee of Eighteen48 Partners.

Mr. Durden received a B.A. in economics, magna cum laude, from Princeton University, and an MBA in finance and entrepreneurship, with honors, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a CFA charterholder.