Our People

Christopher Shagawat, CFA

Senior Vice President
Portfolio Manager

Christopher Shagawat is a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Beacon Trust. He is an active member of the Beacon Investment Advisory Services investment committee and is responsible for the development, implementation, and daily management of client portfolios.  Mr. Shagawat is a co-manager of the firm’s risk-controlled investment solutions, which utilize equity options to reduce volatility and enhance upside potential.  He also contributes to model construction and due diligence efforts for the firm’s open-architecture, third-party manager platform.

Prior to joining Beacon, Christopher worked for Acertus Capital Management, a subsidiary of The MDE Group, as an investment analyst and trader.  Mr. Shagawat graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in finance from Rutgers Business School and is a CFA charterholder.