Ben Hesse
Chief Financial Officer & Head of Strategy,
Asset and Wealth Management
Ben oversees financial reporting and planning, treasury office, real estate, business management, strategic initiatives, and business development efforts for J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management (AWM).
Before being named CFO in May 2023, Ben was AWM’s COO. Previously, he was AWM’s Head of Strategy & Business Development. Earlier in his career at J.P. Morgan, he was a Portfolio Manager and Investment Team Head for the Global Alternatives business, specializing in the financial sector. Before joining JPM, he spent nine years at Fidelity Management & Research in Boston, where he led a 15-person global research team with more than $3 billion in assets and directed Fidelity’s overall positioning in global financials stocks. He represented one of J.P. Morgan’s largest institutional shareholders in this capacity.
Ben holds master’s degrees in Business Administration from Columbia Business School and Economics from New York University and a Bachelor’s degree in finance from Michigan State University.