Executive Biography of Mortimer J. Buckley
Mortimer J. Buckley
Former Chairman and CEO,
The Vanguard Group
Boeing director since: 2025
Professional highlights:
- Chairman and CEO, The Vanguard Group (2018-2024)
- President, The Vanguard Group (2017-2018)
- Chief Investment Officer, The Vanguard Group (2013-2017)
- Managing Director and Head, Retail Investor Group, The Vanguard Group (2006-2013)
- Managing Director and Chief Information Officer, The Vanguard Group (2002-2006)
Independent: Yes
Other current public company directorships:
- Pfizer, Inc.
Mr. Buckley brings to the Board more than 30 years of senior leadership experience, with extensive expertise in investment management, financial oversight, cybersecurity and digitalization, and corporate governance. As the former Chairman and CEO of Vanguard, one of the world’s largest investment management firms with nearly $10 trillion in assets under management and more than 20,000 employees, Mr. Buckley has a deep understanding of the global financial markets, asset management strategies, and investor perspectives, and played a pivotal role in advancing the firm’s commitment to delivering long-term value to clients. He guided Vanguard through changing market dynamics, shifting regulatory environments, and significant technological transformation. Prior to his role as Chairman and CEO from 2018 to 2024, Mr. Buckley held several key senior leadership positions at Vanguard between 2002 and 2018, including as Chief Investment Officer, where he oversaw the firm’s internally managed stock, bond and money market portfolios as well as investment research and methodology, and as Chief Information Officer, where he led the implementation of billion-dollar IT platforms. In his career, Mr. Buckley built out the firm’s $350 billion digital advice businesses and $2 trillion exchange- traded funds franchise, globalized investment management, enhanced the firm’s artificial intelligence, and prioritized cybersecurity and digital capabilities globally.
Mr. Buckley is a member of the Finance and the Governance & Public Policy Committee.