Lawrence (Larry) McKay brings a wealth of experience in both finance and technology. Larry manages private wealth on behalf of high net worth clients, offering unique investment solutions including art lending, factoring, and hard lending. He is also leading the effort to launch Empactful’s robo-advisor by year-end 2019.

Previously, Larry was a Senior Vice President and investment strategist within the Global Portfolio Solutions (GPS) and Institutional Investments group at U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. In his role, he was the lead manager of the Global Multi-asset Tactical (GMT) portfolio and co-managed the International Focused Equity (IFE) portfolio with combined assets exceed $1.4B. In addition, Larry provides investment research and guidance including the creation of volatility and derivatives-based hedging strategies and the authoring of white papers.

Larry received his B.S. in Management Information Systems with a minor in Computer Science from Virginia Tech and his Master of Business Administration from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a CFA charter holder and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.