Jerome P. Kenney, YC '63
Vice Chairman
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

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Jerome P. Kenney is vice chairman of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., and a member of the Executive Client Coverage Group.

He is responsible for senior client relationships globally, with particular focus on financial institutions in North America.

Mr. Kenney was a member of the Executive Management Committee for 20 years. From 1990 until he assumed his present position in February 2002, he served as head of Corporate Strategy and Research and for several years also oversaw Corporate Credit, Marketing, and Government Relations.

Previously, he served as president and chief executive officer of the Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Group from 1984, and as a member of the board of directors from 1985–1991. He also served earlier as director of Securities Research, director of Institutional Sales and Marketing, and head of Investment Banking.

Mr. Kenney came to Merrill Lynch in 1978 at the time of the merger with White, Weld & Co. where he was director of Research, director of Worldwide Institutional Sales and Equity Trading, and a member of the Board of Directors. Previously, as a research analyst, he was named to Institutional Investor’s All- American team.

Mr. Kenney is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Japan Society, the U.S.-China Business Council, and the Asia Society. He is treasurer and a trustee of the Nightingale-Bamford School, an advisory director of the Kellogg School of Management (Chicago), and a director of the American Australian Association.

Mr. Kenney received a BA in economics from Yale University in 1963 and an MBA in finance from Northwestern University in 1967. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and two daughters.