AllianceBernstein CEO and leadership

Seth P. Bernstein was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of AllianceBernstein (AB) in 2017. In 2018, he was appointed Senior Executive Vice President of Equitable Holdings. Prior to his appointment at AB, Bernstein had a distinguished 32-year career at JPMorgan Chase, most recently as managing director and global head of Managed Solutions & Strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. In this role, he was responsible for the management of all discretionary assets within the Private Banking client segment. Among other roles, Bernstein served as managing director and global head of Fixed Income & Currency for 10 years, concluding in 2012. Prior to that, he held the position of chief financial officer at JPMorgan Chase’s Investment Management and Private Banking division. Bernstein holds a BA in political science and economics from Haverford College, and is a member of the Board of Managers of Haverford College. Location: New York.

Kate Burke is the Chief Operating Officer of AB, responsible for overseeing Administrative Services, Compliance, Corporate Communications, Corporate and Information Security, Operations, and Technology, Diversity & Inclusion, Legal, and Human Capital. She was previously chief administrative officer, and, prior to that, head of Human Capital and Chief Talent Officer.

Burke has more than two decades of financial services and consulting industry experience. She joined Bernstein Research in 2004 in institutional sales, where she rose to senior vice president and managing director, overseeing institutional sales teams in the Midwest, New York and Canada. Prior to joining the firm, Burke was a manager at A.T. Kearney, where she led client cross-divisional organizational development programs. She holds a BA in economics from College of the Holy Cross and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Seth P. Bernstein was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of AllianceBernstein (AB) in 2017. In 2018, he was appointed Senior Executive Vice President of Equitable Holdings. Prior to his appointment at AB, Bernstein had a distinguished 32-year career at JPMorgan Chase, most recently as managing director and global head of Managed Solutions & Strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. In this role, he was responsible for the management of all discretionary assets within the Private Banking client segment. Among other roles, Bernstein served as managing director and global head of Fixed Income & Currency for 10 years, concluding in 2012. Prior to that, he held the position of chief financial officer at JPMorgan Chase’s Investment Management and Private Banking division. Bernstein holds a BA in political science and economics from Haverford College, and is a member of the Board of Managers of Haverford College. Location: New York.

Kate Burke is the Chief Operating Officer of AB, responsible for overseeing Administrative Services, Compliance, Corporate Communications, Corporate and Information Security, Operations, and Technology, Diversity & Inclusion, Legal, and Human Capital. She was previously chief administrative officer, and, prior to that, head of Human Capital and Chief Talent Officer.

Burke has more than two decades of financial services and consulting industry experience. She joined Bernstein Research in 2004 in institutional sales, where she rose to senior vice president and managing director, overseeing institutional sales teams in the Midwest, New York and Canada. Prior to joining the firm, Burke was a manager at A.T. Kearney, where she led client cross-divisional organizational development programs. She holds a BA in economics from College of the Holy Cross and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.