Nick Niziolek, CFA

Co-CIO, Head of Global Strategies, and Senior Co-Portfolio Manager

As a Co-Chief Investment Officer, Nick Niziolek is responsible for oversight of investment team resources, investment processes, performance, and risk. As Head of Global Strategies, he manages investment team members and has portfolio management responsibilities for international, global, and emerging market strategies. He is also a member of the Calamos Investment Committee, which is charged with providing a top-down framework, maintaining oversight of risk and performance metrics, and evaluating investment processes. Nick has published thought leadership on the team's thematic investment framework, including commentary, blogs, and whitepapers such as "The AI Inflection: Investing Beyond Sectors in a Thematic World," which explores why traditional sector-based approaches are increasingly inadequate in an AI-driven market and makes the case for thematic, actively managed global equity investing. A frequent guest on CNBC and Schwab Network, Nick is regularly quoted in leading financial publications, including Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal, and Barron's. He joined the firm in 2005 and has more than 25 years of industry experience, including tenures at ABN AMRO, Bank One, and Citadel. He received a B.S. in Finance and an M.B.A. from DePaul University.