Colyar Pridgen is a lead pension solutions strategist at Capital Group. He has 17 years of industry experience and has been with Capital Group for six years. Prior to joining Capital, Colyar worked as a senior LDI strategist at Standish Mellon Asset Management. Before that, he was a consultant and actuary at Towers Watson. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Cornell University. He also holds both the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst® designations, and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and an Enrolled Actuary under ERISA. Colyar is based in Los Angeles.