Christopher  Galizio

Christopher Galizio is a portfolio manager at Pyramis Global Advisors, a unit of Fidelity Investments. In this role, Chris serves as portfolio manager of large-capitalization growth assets. Along with portfolio co-manager Stephen Balter, Chris manages Fidelity American Opportunities Fund and the U.S. equity portfolio of Fidelity Global Fund.

Before joining Pyramis in February 2007, Chris was both a portfolio manager and analyst during a 13-year tenure at Pioneer Investments. From 2004 to 2006, Chris was co-head of growth investing and co-managed Pioneer Growth Shares and Pioneer Fundamental Growth. From 2001 to 2004, Chris was the head of global technology research and managed Pioneer Global Technology Fund. During his career at Pioneer, Chris covered a number of U.S. equity sectors, including technology, energy and industrials. Before joining Pioneer’s domestic equity research staff, Chris was an international equity analyst for Pioneer, covering Japan and emerging markets. He has more than 17 years of investment industry experience.

Chris earned a BA in economics and government from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the University of Illinois. Chris is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.