John Ginelli

John Ginelli is the head of Investor Protection at Vanguard. His responsibilities include leading Vanguard’s senior and vulnerable investor protection strategy and operation. He oversees the areas that serve and protect retail clients from financial exploitation and matters of cognitive decline, in addition to supporting efforts to mitigate fraud and privacy risk.

Since joining Vanguard in 2005, Mr. Ginelli has led brokerage compliance, trading, inheritance, and risk management for Vanguard’s retail business. Prior to Vanguard, he was an industry consultant for Deloitte, Arthur Andersen, and KPMG. He began his career at Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Ginelli earned an M.B.A. in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University, and a B.A. in Economics from Syracuse University. He holds FINRA Series 7/63/24/4 licenses. Mr. Ginelli served as a TAAC member at the ICI. He also completed Leadership Philadelphia and graduated from the Securities Industry Institute through SIFMA and Wharton.