Jeffrey T. Gaffney

Jeff Gaffney is a Managing Director and head of U.S. Multi-Asset Portfolio Management for the PB CIO Team at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, based in New York. He is responsible for managing multi-asset class portfolios for U.S. Private Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Chase Wealth Management clients across a spectrum of investment objectives, risk tolerances, and liquidity constraints. In this role Jeff works closely with the single asset class portfolio management and Manager Solutions due diligence teams to ensure that the investment insights of the PB CIO Team are integrated into client portfolios in accordance with the team’s rigorous portfolio construction and risk management framework. 

Jeff joined J.P. Morgan in 2008, and has been a member of the CIO Team at the Private Bank since 2010. He chairs the U.S. Regional Investment Council and is a member of the Global Investment Council. In addition to managing the multi-asset portfolios for the U.S. onshore client base, Mr. Gaffney also serves as a portfolio manager for several J.P. Morgan asset allocation mutual fund strategies and for the Six Circles multi-asset completion portfolios.

Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) degree from Princeton University in Operations Research and Financial Engineering (ORFE). He also holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Yale University with an emphasis in Finance. During the time between his undergraduate studies and business school Jeff worked with Capitol Hill on public policy issues in a non-partisan capacity, on political campaigns at the local and national levels, and as a carpenter for a residential contractor focused on historic renovations and residential construction in the Boston area.