Partner and Head of Global Macro, Balance Sheet and Risk, and CIO of KKR Balance Sheet
Henry H. McVey joined KKR in 2011 and is Head of the Global Macro, Balance Sheet and Risk team. Mr. McVey also serves as Chief Investment Officer for the Firm’s Balance Sheet and oversees Firmwide Market Risk and Derivatives & Liability Management. As part of his role, he sits on KKR’s Balance Sheet Committee.
Prior to joining KKR, Mr. McVey was a managing director, lead portfolio manager and head of global macro and asset allocation at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM). Earlier in his career he was a portfolio manager at Fortress Investment Group and chief U.S. investment strategist for Morgan Stanley. While at Morgan Stanley, Mr. McVey was also a member of the asset allocation committee and was the top-ranked asset management and brokerage analyst by Institutional Investor for four consecutive years before becoming the firm’s strategist in January 2004.
He earned his B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. McVey is a long-time supporter of the TEAK Fellowship, having served as Co-Head of the Board of Trustees for five years. He also heads GBR Gives Back within KKR, an organization set up to provide pro-bono macro and asset allocation assistance to small to medium size non-profits. Mr. McVey is also a member of the national advisory board for the Jefferson Scholarship at the University of Virginia, and a board member at St. Andrew’s School (Delaware). In addition, he also is a board member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C., a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Pritzker Foundation Investment Committee. Since 2019, Mr. McVey also has served on the Financial Sector Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.