Executive Management

Lou Maiuri is the Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc., the Parent Company of AssetMark Inc. Lou brings over three decades of financial services experience to the role, with a strong track record of driving innovation, growth, and operational excellence.

Lou joins AssetMark following a successful tenure at State Street, where he most recently served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Head of Investment Services. In these roles, he was responsible for overseeing global investment services, managing over 30,000 employees, and leading initiatives that significantly enhanced the firm’s technology, operations, and client outcomes. His leadership was instrumental in generating $7 billion in revenue and establishing distinct market differentiation. Lou is known for his commitment to building high-performance team cultures and his dedication to diversity, inclusion, and belonging. He served as an executive sponsor for several diversity initiatives and has been recognized by Yahoo Finance’s HERoes for his efforts in driving gender diversity in the workplace.

Before joining State Street, Lou held senior leadership roles at BNY Mellon, where he contributed to the company’s growth in asset servicing, and he co-founded Eagle Investment Systems, a fintech firm that was later acquired by BNY Mellon. He began his career in the early 1990s at State Street as a Vice President of Technology.

Lou holds a deep commitment to making a positive impact both within the industry and in the community. He serves on the Board for the Boston Public Library Fund and is actively involved with the Esperanza Academy in Lawrence, MA.

Lou and his family are passionate about giving back to the community, and he enjoys spending this free time in New Hampshire and Florida, where he is involved in various local initiatives.

Michael is Chief Executive Officer and President of AssetMark and a member of its Board of Directors. With more than 25 years of industry experience and a proven record of successful results, he sets the strategic vision for the firm, which encompasses AssetMark’s platform of curated investment and technology solutions, business consulting and operations support, and strategic acquisitions that serve the best interests of financial advisors and their investors.

Michael joined AssetMark in 2010 and has held a number of leadership positions across the organization including Head of National Sales and Consulting (2014-2021), Chief Client Officer (2021-2023) and President (2021-Present). Michael was instrumental during AssetMark’s leveraged buyout transition to Genstar in 2013, its sale to Huatai Securities in 2016, its IPO in 2019, and its sale to GTCR in 2024.

Before joining AssetMark, Michael was a Senior Vice President at Fidelity’s Institutional Wealth Services, leading a team that supported over 2,000 RIA firms. He began his career in public accounting at Coopers & Lybrand, LLC (now PwC).

Michael received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mike is responsible for analyzing acquisition and growth opportunities that support advisor and investor needs. He also leads strategic projects for the senior leadership team.

Mike joined the firm in 1994, and has held several key leadership roles at Genworth Financial and AssetMark, ranging from investment and product development, operations and service, project management and business development.

He earned his MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Ted is responsible for leading the Legal and Compliance teams at AssetMark.

Ted has over 20 years of experience providing legal services to financial services companies. Prior to joining AssetMark, Ted was Vice President, Associate General Counsel at Charles Schwab, providing legal and regulatory counseling to a variety of Schwab business enterprises. Ted started his professional career at two law firms as a securities litigator, primarily representing financial services companies in securities arbitrations, SEC investigations and shareholder class actions.

Ted earned his JD from the UC Hastings College of the Law and his Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics from UCLA.

Carrie is responsible for leading the firm’s service and operations functions, including advisor service, trade operations, account operations, reporting, billing, and facilities, while also overseeing all custodial relationships, including AssetMark Trust Company where she is Chair of the Board. Carrie also serves as President and Chairman of the Board of AssetMark's proprietary mutual fund family, directing three fund trusts, comprising 17 mutual funds, for which AssetMark serves as adviser. Carrie is also President of AssetMark's proprietary broker-dealer, AssetMark Brokerage, LLC.

Carrie joined the firm in 2000 and has held various key roles including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining AssetMark, Carrie worked for Barclays Global Investors where she headed the Investment Operations Group in the Tokyo, Japan office. She also spent several years at Coopers and Lybrand where she was an Audit Manager.

Carrie received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. She is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and holds her series 6 and 26 licenses

David is responsible for leading AssetMark’s product and investment strategy. David’s teams are focused on identifying, delivering, and managing the investment solutions and experience required to meet evolving advisor and investor needs.

David brings more than 20 years of product and investment management experience to AssetMark. Prior to becoming EVP, Investment Solutions, David was SVP, Product Strategy and Management, which focused on developing and delivering new product solutions to AssetMark’s platform.

Prior to joining AssetMark, David was with Russell Investments responsible for investable, smart beta index product business and worked closely with strategic partners and the institutional sales organization to educate clients on the application of smart beta strategies. David also spent more than 8 years at Charles Schwab as the Managing Director of Product Strategy and Development.

David received his BA in Finance with a minor in Economics from the University of South Florida and is a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of San Francisco.

Mukesh (Muk) is responsible for leading the firm's technology and digital strategy, implementing systems and solutions that help advisors achieve success. Muk’s teams are also responsible for identifying and incorporating system enhancements to improve AssetMark's existing technology and operational capabilities, to better support advisors and investors.

Prior to joining AssetMark, Muk was the Chief Information and Technology Officer at Cetera Financial Group. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director and Corporate CIO at TD Ameritrade and was also SVP and CIO of Schwab Institutional. Muk has been featured in Barron's, InvestmentNews, RIABiz, and Marketwired.

Muk received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Economics from Rutgers University and is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program. He holds series 7, 24, and 63 licenses.

Esi is the head of AssetMark’s Human Resources and Program Management teams. In this role, she works with the executive team and their functional leaders on the firm’s strategic initiatives. This includes developing and executing on human resource strategy to support the organization and overseeing a scalable structure for project delivery. Working across the organization, Esi drives execution and navigates challenges, ensuring the right talent and skill sets are in place to support the organization’s goals.

Esi joined AssetMark in 2005 as the Project Management Office Leader. Under her leadership the team grew as her responsibilities expanded to encompass program management across the entire organization including digital platforms, client experience operations, technology, and mergers and acquisitions. This also included managing the capital budget associated with these initiatives. Previously, Esi was an SVP at Wells Fargo overseeing international operations project delivery, and a Partner Integration Manager at Peoplesoft. She previously held management consulting roles at Grant Thornton International and PricewaterhouseCoopers (formerly Coopers & Lybrand).

Esi earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and Management Information Systems from Northeastern University.

Gary oversees Finance at AssetMark and joined the company as CFO in 2011. Since that time, Gary has built a world-class finance team, leading the company through its 2013 Leveraged Buyout, its 2016 sale to HTSC and its 2019 initial public offering, and its sale to GTCR in 2024. Gary also led Human Resources for 7 years at AssetMark. Gary’s prior experience includes roles at Genworth Financial in both the Corporate and U.S. Life Insurance segments, where he led the Capital Management team and served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to joining Genworth, Gary was an actuary and financial analyst in New York and Washington, DC.

Gary received his MBA in Finance from the University of Maryland and his Bachelor’s degree in Math and History from the State University of New York-Binghamton.