Paula Nielsen, CFA
President, CFA Society Mississippi Board
Investments Director, Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
Paula Nielsen, CFA, is an investments director at Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company. In this role, Paula manages the company’s equity portfolios, provides input to the Investment Committee regarding investment strategy and current market environment, and helps evaluate external managers for the company’s pension fund among other responsibilities. Prior to her current position, Paula was the Chief Investment Officer at the Office of the State Treasurer, where she managed the state’s General Fund, and she also worked as a Portfolio Manager at the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS), overseeing the domestic and more recently international equity managers that made up the state’s pension fund. Paula holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Master in Business Administration with a focus in finance, both from Mississippi College. She is a Guatemala native, relocated to the US more than 10 years ago, and currently resides in Brookhaven, Mississippi, with her husband, Charles, and son, Michael.