Career
Cinda Whitten has been Head of Global Investment Operations of Nuveen Fund Advisors since September 2022. Cinda Whitten is a control person of the firm and directly owns under 5% of it. Cinda Whitten holds an M.B.A. from Northwest Missouri State University and a Bachelor of Finance from Northwest Missouri State University.
Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC is a Chicago, IL firm with $186B under management, 235 clients and 25 advisers across 6 offices, as of its March 2026 filing.
Cinda Whitten leads global investment operations at Nuveen and is a member of its Senior Leadership Team. She is accountable for operations strategy, modernization and scaling of practices, affiliate integration, service reliability, regulatory risk, and operating costs. Before joining TIAA, she was a Managing Director at Principal Global Investors, where she led a multi-year global operations transformation.
The IAPD individual lookup on 18 October 2026 returned no individual record. This profile uses the firm’s Form ADV officer listing.
Credentials and registrations
Individual registration and examination information for Cinda Whitten is unavailable. An officer title or CRD number does not by itself establish current investment adviser representative registration, and no registration or examination counts are inferred.
Officer record
- Full name
- Cinda Whitten
- CRD
- 7664303
- Record basis
- Form ADV officer listing
- Firm bio
- nuveen.com
Disciplinary history is not reported here, in either direction. Check the SEC record.
Common questions
Where does Cinda Whitten work?
Cinda Whitten has been Head of Global Investment Operations of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC since September 2022, and is a control person of the firm.