Christopher Hanscom
About Christopher Hanscom
Christopher Hanscom (42) serves as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Barings Corporate Investors (MCI); he has been CFO since 2022 and Treasurer since 2017. His career progression includes Senior Director (since 2023), Director (2018–2023), Associate Director (2015–2018), and Analyst (2005–2015) at Barings, alongside Assistant Controller roles (2020–2022) and CFO roles (since 2022) for CI Subsidiary Trust and PI Subsidiary Trust, and CFO (since 2023) and Treasurer (2021–2023) for Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund . The proxy does not disclose his education or fund performance metrics (TSR, revenue/EBITDA growth) tied to his compensation.
Past Roles
| Organization | Role | Years | Strategic Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barings LLC | Analyst | 2005–2015 | Not disclosed |
| Barings LLC | Associate Director | 2015–2018 | Not disclosed |
| Barings LLC | Director | 2018–2023 | Not disclosed |
| Barings LLC | Senior Director | 2023–Present | Not disclosed |
| CI Subsidiary Trust & PI Subsidiary Trust | Assistant Controller | 2020–2022 | Not disclosed |
| CI Subsidiary Trust & PI Subsidiary Trust | Chief Financial Officer | 2022–Present | Not disclosed |
External Roles
| Organization | Role | Years | Strategic Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund | Treasurer | 2021–2023 | Not disclosed |
| Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund | Chief Financial Officer | 2023–Present | Not disclosed |
Fixed Compensation
- Officers’ compensation (including CFO) is paid by Barings under service contracts; the Trust does not disclose officer salary, bonus, or perquisites. The proxy explicitly states Barings pays compensation and expenses of Trust officers and “interested” Trustees .
Performance Compensation
- No disclosure of CFO incentive design (targets, weightings, PSUs/RSUs/options), vesting schedules, clawbacks, or bonus outcomes tied to fund TSR/returns in the proxy materials. Compensation metrics for officers are not provided .
Equity Ownership & Alignment
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Trustees and Officers as a group beneficially owned MCI | 1.95% as of March 17, 2025 |
| Shares outstanding (MCI) | 20,298,644 as of March 17, 2025 |
| Barings beneficial ownership of MCI | 1.07% as of March 17, 2025 |
- Individual officer (including Hanscom) ownership detail is not provided; the proxy reports only group-level ownership for Trustees and Officers .
- Stock ownership guidelines apply to Independent Trustees (required to invest one year of base trustee fees); no officer ownership guideline disclosure is provided .
Employment Terms
- Tenure: CFO since 2022; Treasurer since 2017 .
- Officers serve until a successor is duly elected and qualified; no contract terms, severance, or change‑of‑control provisions for officers are disclosed in the proxy .
- Section 16 compliance: The Trust indicates compliance for Trustees/officers with noted exceptions for other individuals; no exceptions noted for Hanscom .
- Board communications are routed through the CFO; shareholders can write to the Trust’s CFO for Board communications, underscoring the CFO’s central administrative role .
Investment Implications
- Compensation alignment and selling pressure: Officer pay (including equity/bonus mechanics) resides at Barings and is not disclosed at the Trust level, limiting assessment of pay‑for‑performance alignment, vesting overhang, pledging, and insider selling signals . Absence of Form 4 exceptions for Hanscom suggests no recent reporting issues, but the proxy does not enumerate officer‑level transactions .
- Retention risk: Extended tenure (Treasurer since 2017, CFO since 2022) and multi‑fund CFO responsibilities within Barings indicate continuity; however, lack of employment agreement and severance/change‑of‑control disclosure at the Trust level constrains formal retention analysis .
- Governance interface: CFO is the contact point for communications to the Board, reinforcing influence over information flow; nonetheless, compensation oversight in the proxy focuses on Trustees (via the Governance Committee), not officers .
- Bottom line: With officer compensation governed by Barings and not itemized in Trust filings, investors must rely on performance and disclosures at Barings/fund level to infer incentives. No red flags are disclosed for Hanscom regarding late filings or pledging; ownership alignment can’t be assessed beyond the group statistic .