Brian Henderson

Brian Henderson

Brian Henderson

Chief Investment Officer

BOK Financial

Expertise

  • Investment Strategy
  • Portfolio Management
  • Wealth Management

As chief investment officer for BOK Financial, J. Brian Henderson, CFA, leads the alternative investments group, strategic investment advisors and Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. Prior to his current position, Henderson was the president of Cavanal Hill Investment Management.

Henderson started his career with BOK Financial in 1991 as the head taxable fixed income trader on BOK's institutional trading desk before being promoted into the Wealth Management division as vice president, manager of bond funds. He was later named the director of trust investments and president of BOK Investment Advisors with overall responsibility for the Investment Management group's alternative and traditional discretionary assets under management.

Henderson earned a bachelor's degree of business administration in finance from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and has served as a past president and board member for the Oklahoma Society of Financial Analysts. He is currently an executive board member of the Boy Scouts of America's Indian Nation Council in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Outside of work, Brian enjoys traveling around the world with his family, listening to old music, fishing, and spending time with new and old friends.

BOK Financial Corporation is a more than $50 billion regional financial services company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma with more than $105 billion in assets under management and administration. The company's stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the Global Select market listings (BOKF). BOK Financial Corporation's holdings include BOKF, NA; BOK Financial Securities, Inc., and BOK Financial Private Wealth, Inc. BOKF, NA's holdings include TransFund and Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. BOKF, NA operates banking divisions across eight states as: Bank of Albuquerque; Bank of Oklahoma; Bank of Texas and BOK Financial (in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri); as well as having limited purpose offices Nebraska, Wisconsin, Connecticut and Tennessee. The entities held by BOK Financial Corporation are periodically referred to collectively as BOK Financial Corporation Group. Through its subsidiaries, BOK Financial Corporation provides commercial and consumer banking, brokerage trading, investment, trust services, mortgage origination and servicing, and an electronic funds transfer network. For more information, visit www.bokf.com.

Securities, insurance, and advisory services offered through BOK Financial Securities, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC and an SEC registered investment adviser. Services may be offered under our trade name, BOK Financial Advisors.

Investments involve risk, including loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful investing. Asset allocation and diversification do not eliminate the risk of experiencing investment losses. Risks applicable to any portfolio are those associated with its underlying securities.

INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE PRODUCTS ARE: NOT FDIC INSURED | NOT GUARANTEED BY THE BANK OR ITS AFFILIATES | NOT DEPOSITS | NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY | MAY LOSE VALUE.

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