Erik Oros, Chief Investment Officer, CFA, CAIA 

As the Chief Investment Officer at Gideon Strategic Partners, Erik provides clients with a holistic, macro-driven approach to asset management. Prior to joining Gideon Strategic Partners, Erik Oros co-founded and was the Chief Investment Officer for Actinium Capital LP, which focused on global long/short equity strategy investing across all global sectors and regions. Employing an investment process that combined top-down macro framework with fundamental bottom-up security analysis, Actinium built a core portfolio of “steady compounders” complemented by tactical high-expected-return positions. Erik began his career on the buy-side on the global equity team of Salient Partners with a primary responsibility for the global technology media & telecom sectors. Prior to joining Salient, Mr. Oros worked at UBS in New York, where he completed a broad-based analyst rotation program. 

Mr. Oros earned a BA with a dual major in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, completing his degree in three years. Erik went on to complete his MS in Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University with a concentration in financial economics.  Currently Erik holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation as well as the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation. 

Erik has a passion for giving back and is especially active in local charities, such as Paul’s Place Inc. in Baltimore which focuses on improving the quality of life in the Southwest Baltimore communities. He is also involved with the Maryland SPCA. When Erik is not in the office, he spends his time with his family, skiing, and taking his son to Baltimore Ravens games. He enjoys playing instruments particularly, bass guitar, and is an active outdoorsman. ​