Christopher Do is a Vice President-Investments and head of The Do Group at UBS in San Francisco. The Do Group is responsible for helping wealthy families with financial planning, tax minimization strategies, estate planning, and portfolio management. Mr. Do has also held senior positions on the institutional side with many of the top New York banks. His experience includes investment banking, sales and trading, and portfolio management. Notably, he personally managed an institutional investment portfolio in excess of 20 billion dollars for the likes of the State of Washington Investment Board, All State Insurance, and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. Mr. Do began his career in 1992 in the fixed income derivatives group at Salomon Brothers, run by Myron Scholes, the Nobel prize winner and developer of the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
Mr. Do graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 with a Systems Engineering Degree, along with a Management degree and a Finance degree from the Wharton School of Business.
Mr. Do is very passionate about supporting the non-profit community here in the Bay Area. In addition to being on the Board of APAPA, he is also Chairman of the Board of National Association of Asian American Professionals-San Francisco (NAAAP-SF), Advisory Board member for Junior Achievement-San Francisco, board member of the Beacon home owner’s association. Mr. Do’s previous board experience also include: past member of the Board of Directors at the San Jose Repertory Theatre, founder of the Northern California chapter of UPAAN (University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Association), and past member of the Board of Directors of ASCEND San Francisco-Bay Area.
While not working 24/7 for his clients and non-profit endeavors, Mr. Do enjoys traveling, collecting fine wines, and cooking for friends.