Lothrop Award of Excellence
The Association of Investment Marketing and Sales Executives (AIMSE) presents this prestigious award each year to an exemplary individual as recognized by his or her peers at the AIMSE Investment Management Marketing & Sales Conference. This award is named in honor of Richard A. Lothrop, an AIMSE Past President, and a pioneer and innovator in the investment management marketing and sales industry. Richard A. Lothrop is recognized as the founder of AIMSE.
This award is presented each spring at the AIMSE Annual Conference. All AIMSE members are encouraged to submit a nomination for a worthy candidate during the nomination period each year.
AIMSE Richard A. Lothrop Outstanding Achievement Award
Chris Krein
2022
Christopher J. Krein is a managing director and Artisan Partners’ Head of Global Distribution. Prior to his current role, Mr. Krein was responsible for institutional marketing and client service for the Artisan Developing World team. Prior to joining Artisan Partners in September 2015, Mr. Krein was head of institutional distribution at WisdomTree Asset Management where he was responsible for marketplace research, product placement and formulating a distribution strategy. Before that, he was a managing director at ACCI, LLC. Mr. Krein holds a bachelor’s degree in finance (magna cum laude) from DeSales University.