Michael I. Falcon, is Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific, Global Investment Management for J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Based in Hong Kong since 2014, he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Investment Management business in Asia, which operates in eight countries, with 1,700 employees, and 180 investment professionals. In addition, Mr. Falcon continues to assume the role of Head of the Asia Pacific Funds Business.
Mr. Falcon serves on the Global Investment Management Operating Committee as well as the firm-wide Asia Pacific Management team. He also chairs the Investment Management Asia Pacific Operating Committee.
Before relocating to Hong Kong, Mr. Falcon was Head of Retirement for J.P. Morgan Asset Management where he and his team worked closely with the firm’s Global Funds and Global Institutional businesses to provide investment products, insights and administrative services that help people save for and live in retirement. J.P. Morgan Asset Management is a leading provider of investments to the corporate and individual markets serving plan sponsors, their consultants and most importantly, millions of individuals via their employer plan or financial advisor.
Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2010, Mr. Falcon served as a consultant and strategic advisor to companies in the retirement, equity awards, wealth management and asset management industries. From 2000 to 2008, he was a senior executive in Merrill Lynch's Wealth Management business where he ran the Retirement Group, including DC, DB, IRA, 529, equity award and retirement planning solutions. Previously, Mr. Falcon spent 11 years in general, financial and strategic management positions with Sara Lee Corporation (now HanesBrands, Inc.) in Chicago, Paris and North Carolina. He began his career in commercial and investment banking at The Chase Manhattan Bank in 1985.
Mr. Falcon served as Chairman of the Advisory Board to the Center for Retirement Income Research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), where he also previously served as a trustee and on the executive committee. He was a delegate to both the 2005 White House Conference on Aging and the Department of Labor’s 2006 National Summit on Retirement Savings. Mr. Falcon holds a B.S. in finance from Indiana University.