John is Newton’s alpha chief investment officer. John is responsible for alpha generation of all investment strategies across the firm. He is also lead portfolio manager for the BNY Mellon Innovators ETF.

Joined industry
1994
Joined the Group
2016

John joined Newton in September 2021, following the integration of Mellon Investments Corporation’s equity and multi-asset capabilities into the Newton Investment Management Group. Before joining Newton, John was chief investment officer at Mellon Investments Incorporation. Earlier roles included head of equity, active equity chief investment officer, and senior portfolio manager at Mellon and The Boston Company Asset Management (both BNY group companies).

Prior to joining BNY, John served as president and chair of the investment committee at Seaward Management. Before Seaward Management, John was the founder and chief investment officer of JP3 Capital Management LLC. Prior to JP3, he spent 15 years at Fidelity Investments in various portfolio manager and research roles.

John has a BS and an MS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago.