George Mylnikov, Ph.D.

George Mylnikov is a Portfolio Manager and Head of Quantitative Research for Schwab Asset Management. He is a member of the Windhaven^® Strategies Portfolio Management and Schwab Managed Portfolios™ – ETFs Portfolio Management teams. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing multi-asset separately managed account strategies and leads the Quantitative Research Team that supports those strategies.

Before joining Schwab Asset Management in 2019, Mr. Mylnikov served as head of quantitative research at Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc., and was also a portfolio manager for the Windhaven Strategies. He previously held a similar role at BNP Paribas Asset Management, where he developed systematic quantitative processes to capture alpha opportunities in fixed income markets. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mylnikov was a quantitative analyst at AllianceBernstein LP, focusing on expected return and risk models for emerging market equities and currencies. He began his career in the risk management group at American Express Company. Mr. Mylnikov is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has published research in the Journal of Portfolio Management.

Mr. Mylnikov earned a doctorate in mathematics from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Tbilisi State University.