Al Scherlie is a Principal and Senior Investment Consultant in Buck Global Investment Advisors. Al is responsible for all aspects of investment consulting services with his clients, including asset allocation and liability studies, risk budgeting analysis, manager evaluation, manager structure reviews, manager and custodial searches and performance monitoring. Al has over 30 years’ experience in financial management and investment consulting. He has been responsible for treasury operations and the management of ERISA plans (defined benefit and defined contribution) while employed in corporations. His investment consulting experience has included working with corporate and public defined benefit and defined contribution plans, endowments and foundations, and Taft-Hartley plans. In addition to Al’s investment consulting responsibilities, he has also had responsibility for directing investment research activities at two of his past employers, and he has served on the advisory committees of private equity firms. His expertise covers a range of issues affecting investment portfolios of all types of plan sponsors, as well as both traditional and non-traditional asset classes. Al has an MBA from the University of Denver and a B.S. degree in Finance and Economics from the Metropolitan State University (Denver, CO), Summa Cum Laude.