Christopher Luckham
About Christopher Luckham
Christopher Luckham serves as Assistant Treasurer of Thornburg Income Builder Opportunities Trust (TBLD) since 2022. He is a Senior Manager in Fund Administration at Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (the Trust’s adviser) since 2010; year of birth is 1976 and his age was disclosed as 45 in the 2023 proxy . The Trust’s proxies do not disclose education, compensation metrics, or performance-linked outcomes for officers; the Trust pays no salaries or compensation to officers (compensation is not paid by the Trust) .
Past Roles
| Organization | Role | Years | Strategic Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. | Senior Manager, Fund Administration | Since 2010 | Fund administration supporting registered fund operations |
External Roles
| Organization | Role | Years | Strategic Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed in TBLD proxy | — | — | — |
Fixed Compensation
- The Trust pays no salaries or compensation to its officers (i.e., $0 Trust-paid cash or equity), and officers are not compensated by the Trust; the proxies do not provide officer compensation amounts paid by the adviser .
Performance Compensation
- No performance-based compensation, targets, or payout disclosures for officers appear in the Trust’s proxies; the Trust does not pay its officers .
Equity Ownership & Alignment
- Officer beneficial ownership, vested/unvested breakdowns, options, or pledging disclosures are not provided for officers in the Trust’s proxies. Trustee ownership ranges are disclosed, but do not include officers and are not applicable to Luckham .
Employment Terms
- The proxies list Luckham’s officer position and tenure (Assistant Treasurer since 2022), but do not disclose employment start date at the Trust beyond role tenure, contract term, severance/change-of-control economics, non-compete/non-solicit, garden leave, consulting arrangements, clawbacks, tax gross-ups, deferred compensation, or perquisites for officers .
Investment Implications
- Alignment and trading signals: As an administrative officer with no Trust-paid compensation or equity awards disclosed, there is minimal pay-for-performance linkage at the Trust level, and little direct insider selling pressure tied to Trust grants; any compensation would be at the adviser and is not disclosed in the proxy .
- Retention risk and contracts: Absent disclosed employment agreements, severance, or change-of-control terms at the Trust level, retention and incentives appear to reside with the adviser; no red flags on pledging, hedging, or repricing are disclosed for Luckham .
- Governance context: The Trust emphasizes independent trustee compensation (fixed retainers and committee fees) and identifies Audit and Nominating & Corporate Governance committee structures; no compensation committee oversight exists for Trust-paid officer comp because the Trust does not pay officers .
- Bottom line: Luckham’s role is operational (fund administration). With no Trust-paid comp or equity awards, compensation-alignment levers for investors are limited at the Trust level; monitoring adviser-level disclosures (outside the Trust’s proxy) would be required to assess his personal incentive alignment and retention drivers .