Salah Khalaf Selected for PEI’s Future 40

SWIB Senior Portfolio Engineer Salah Khalaf is one of 40 professionals selected for Private Equity International’s Future 40, a list of future leaders in private equity. The list aims to highlight “40 individuals who stood out for their technical skills, leadership qualities, sense of innovation, and much more.”

 A leader in data analytics at SWIB, Khalaf’s work in developing advanced quantitative tools has been transformative when it comes to underpinning the allocation decision making with robust data insights, empowering the investment team in assessing portfolios, managers, and funds. His influence extends beyond technical expertise, as Khalaf is a member of several internal committees and serves on the global investor board of AIF, an independent economic think tank focused on institutional investment policy.

 Click here to read more about the list and click here to read Khalaf’s profile from PEI. 

About SWIB

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), created in 1951, is an independent state agency responsible for managing the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund (SIF), and other state trust funds. As of December 31, 2025, SWIB managed more than $178 billion of total assets, approximately 87% representing WRS assets. SWIB’s management of the WRS trust funds aims to provide a fully funded public pension for over 703,000 current and former employees of state agencies, the university system, school districts and most local governments. The WRS consistently ranks among the 10 largest public pension funds in the U.S. SWIB, a steady economic pillar for the state of Wisconsin, focuses on growing the trust funds, managing risk, and optimizing costs over the long term.