The influential Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP) held its April 10 meeting at Invesco’s headquarters in the Midtown Union development. The location was not a coincidence.
It was the first ACP meeting to be chaired by Andrew Schlossberg, CEO of Atlanta-based Invesco, and it was the public-private group’s first quarterly meeting of 2026. ACP consists of key business and civic leaders who work with the mayor of Atlanta on a shared agenda of moving the city forward.
“We’re very happy about Andrew being on here,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said in an exclusive interview with the SaportaReport after the ACP meeting. “He’s a fantastic partner. The thing I like about Andrew is this is a global leader who has a curiosity of a local news reporter. He is all in. And he’s ready for action.”
Dickens added that Schlossberg is leading ACP “at a time of great consequence” for the city. Schlossberg succeeded Michael Russell, CEO of the H.J. Russell & Co., who served as the 2025 chair of ACP.
In an interview following the ACP meeting, Schlossberg said it was important for him to take on that leadership role not just because it’s Invesco’s home but because Atlanta is a special city where the business and local leaders “rally” to make the city a better place to live, work and raise a family.
“Atlanta is a big city that feels small to operate in,” said Schlossberg, calling it the best of both worlds because of the major institutions that are based in the city. “It feels small because everybody rolls up their sleeves and participates.”
Schlossberg contrasted that with other places he’s lived, where there was more intramural competition among companies.
Because Atlanta’s business community is so diverse and not concentrated in one industry, when executives get together, “they’re not your natural competitors or your competitors at all.”
Schlossberg also complimented Mayor Dickens for “painting a vision for the city” that will go far beyond his administration by making “Atlanta an even better city 20 years from now.” That includes the mayor’s priority on neighborhood reinvestment and on young people.
Invesco, which will turn 50 in two years, is a true global player with its roots in Atlanta from the start, when it was founded by Charles Brady and eight partners. Today, the company manages $2.2 trillion of assets globally. Of that, $400 billion is managed out of its Atlanta headquarters, which has more than 800 of Invesco’s global workforce of 7,500 employees.
In other words, Invesco is a financial power around the world with 40 percent of its business coming from outside the United States.
Despite Atlanta losing the headquarters of its major banks to Charlotte decades ago, Schlossberg doubled down on the city’s vital role as a center of finance.
“Atlanta is absolutely a leading place for the financial community to be and work,” he said, adding it has the potential to be even more given the innovation underway at local universities, mentioning Georgia Tech, Georgia State and Emory in particular. To him, Atlanta’s ecosystem makes it a “Fin Tech” hub – an ecosystem for financial services that comes from the innovation in the city.
Adrian Cronje, CEO of the Balentine wealth management firm and chair of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, called Schlossberg “deeply authentic and humble,” who almost has been “a lifer at Invesco” after a five-year stint at Citigroup.
Schlossberg joined Invesco in 2001, where he held numerous roles nationally and internationally. He served as senior managing director and head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa from 2015, based out of London. He returned to Atlanta in 2019 to become Invesco’s senior managing director and head of the Americas. He became CEO in 2023, succeeding Martin Flanagan, who had served from 2003 to 2019.
Incidentally, Flanagan also served as chair of ACP; and he continues to be involved in the community, working with the city on its Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative.
Invesco may not be a household name in Atlanta, but both its executives and employees are engaged in the community. Schlossberg serves on the executive committee of the Metro Atlanta Chamber and on the board of the Woodruff Arts Center.
“Invesco is really engaged in the community,” said Kathy Waller, ACP’s executive director, who helps bridge the operations of the influential board with City Hall.
Invesco executives are involved with Leadership Atlanta, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement Atlanta, Ronald McDonald House, Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, the Piedmont Park Conservancy and the Midtown Alliance.
“Invesco is truly a global company,” said Cronje, who is sorry the city lost the headquarters of its major banks. “What I’m really excited about is that Andrew can parlay his global perspective and leverage Invesco’s operations for Atlanta’s international development. I am grateful for him leaning into our community.”
Schlossberg, who just turned 52, grew up in Columbia, MD, a planned community developed by legendary developer Jim Rouse.
“It was an amazing place to grow up because it was a new community, a new city and super diverse,” He got his MBA at Northwestern in Chicago, when he served as an intern at Invesco. He’s spent two stints of his career in Atlanta, both times living near Chastain Park.
Schlossberg, who doesn’t really enjoy talking about himself, said he spends most of his free time with his family, which includes two teenage children.
“Having lived in a lot of different places, I think our family unit has just grown tighter and closer because we’ve had all those experiences together,” he said.
What makes him tick? “I really enjoy collaborating and working with people,” Schlossberg answered. “I think the power of people working together on something complicated is really rewarding.”
Schlossberg also expressed real concern about the two-tiered economy, where not everyone can benefit because they don’t own a home or even a bank account.
“One of the big missions and focuses for our company is to try to educate people around the benefits of saving and the benefits of investing,” said Schlossberg, who added the company is leaning in on helping everyone participate in the city’s economic mobility.
Invesco has continued to invest in the city. It had a ribbon-cutting for its new offices in 2023 when it moved to the 26-story Midtown Union development after being based a couple of blocks further north.
Both headquarters shared a similar grand view of Atlanta’s skyline, showing how Invesco is truly part of the city, despite having operations around the world.
“We wanted a space that welcomed the community. We want to be a convener,” said Schlossberg, mentioning ACP as an example. The view is an important feature for Invesco. “We want as many people as we can to see it. It’s a pretty welcoming place.”
