Scott Welch

Scott Welch is the Chief Investment Officer – Model Portfolios for WisdomTree Asset Management, a factor-based ETF product sponsor and model portfolio solutions provider. In this role, Scott is a member of both the Investment and Asset Allocation Committees, responsible for overseeing the asset allocation, portfolio construction, and ongoing management of WisdomTree model portfolios.

Scott was formerly the Chief Investment Officer and Chair of the Investment Committee at Dynasty Financial Partners. Prior to joining Dynasty, Scott was a Co-Founder and former Chief Investment Officer of Fortigent, LLC, a provider of outsourced investment research, technology, and practice management solutions to RIAs and banks that targeted high net worth investors.

Prior to joining Fortigent and its predecessor RIA Lydian Wealth Management in 1998, Scott spent more than 12 years on Wall Street, where he focused on capital markets, corporate finance, and derivatives. He is a frequent speaker on the topics of wealth management, portfolio management, and the macroeconomic and investment landscapes, and he is an award-winning author of numerous articles that have appeared in a variety of industry trade journals.

Scott holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) designation and earned the Investment Strategist, Advanced Investment Strategist, and Alternative Investments Certificates from the Investments & Wealth Institute (IWI). Management.

He sits on the Board of Directors of the IWI, the Advisory Board of the ABA Wealth Management & Trust Conference, and the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Journal of Wealth Management and the IWI Investments & Wealth Monitor. Scott earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of California at Irvine and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.