George Burton White — Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of Investor & Investment Solutions at LPL Financial

Mr. George Burton White, also known as Burt, serves as Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of Investor and Investment Solutions at LPL Financial LLC. Mr. White is responsible for the strategic direction and continued growth of the research platform of LPL Financial LLC ensuring alignment with the firm's goals for maintaining the highest levels of integrity in pursuit of conflict-free, objective investment advice. Mr. White has been Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of Research at LPL Financial Holdings Inc. since 2007. Mr. White serves as Research Analyst at LPL Financial LLC, Research Division. He directs a team of analysts and investment professionals, providing in-depth research on the global economy and markets, mutual funds, separate accounts, fixed income, alternative investment strategies and portfolio construction and optimization. Mr. White provides day-to-day oversight of the research team, which focuses on providing financial advisors with unbiased and objective investment research about mutual funds, separate accounts, alternative investments, asset allocation strategies, financial markets and the economy. He served as Co-Chief Investment Officer at LPL Financial LLC. He served as a Managing Director and Director of Research at Wachovia Securities for ten years. Mr. White was an Investment Analyst at Mercer Investment Consulting, where he provided investment advice to institutional clients. He started his financial services career on the buy side of the business as a research analyst at Thompson, Siegel and Walmsley, a value-oriented asset manager. Mr. White received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the College of William and Mary.