Sinead Colton Grant is Chief Investment Officer of BNY Wealth. She is responsible for the investment process and performance and is Chair of the Investment Policy Committee. Before taking on this role, she led the Investor Solutions institutional franchise, which develops customized investment portfolios across public and private markets. Sinead joined BNY Wealth in 2020 as Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of Equities, with responsibility for the Large Cap Equity investment group, the Equity Trading team, and the Capital Markets Group. She chaired the Equity Strategy Committee and was Vice Chair of the Investment Policy Committee. Previously, she was the Head of Global Investment Strategy for Mellon Capital, serving on the Senior Leadership team, the Investment Risk Committee, and the Environmental, Social & Governance Investing Committee.

Before her role at Mellon, Sinead served as Managing Director of Investment Strategy for the Multi-Asset Client Solutions group at BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors in London. Earlier in her career, Sinead held portfolio management roles at JP Morgan Investment Management and was a founding partner and Head of Portfolio Management at Lee Overlay Partners, a global macro investment boutique.

Sinead is a first-generation Dubliner with roots in Kildare and Donegal. She earned an MSc in Finance from London Business School and a BBS in Finance from Dublin City University in Ireland.