John Ginelli

John Ginelli is the Head of Investor Protection at Vanguard, where his responsibilities include developing and leading Vanguard’s senior and vulnerable investor protection strategy and operation. Mr. Ginelli oversees the areas that serve and protect retail clients from financial exploitation and matters of cognitive decline, in addition to supporting broader efforts to mitigate fraud and privacy risk.

Since joining Vanguard in 2005, Mr. Ginelli has led broker-dealer compliance, brokerage trading, inheritance services, and risk management for Vanguard’s retail businesses. Prior to Vanguard, Mr. Ginelli led initiatives across the financial services industry as a consultant for Deloitte, Arthur Andersen, and KPMG. He began his career by working for Merrill Lynch in fixed-income trading and research.

Mr. Ginelli earned an M.B.A. in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University, and a B.A. in Economics from Syracuse University. He holds FINRA Series 7, 63, 24 and 4 licenses. Mr. Ginelli completed the Leadership Philadelphia program and graduated from the Securities Industry Institute through SIFMA and Wharton.

In sharing his expertise, he has spoken at several SIFMA, ICI, and OpRisk industry conferences, and has contributed to multiple publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Kiplinger, and Bloomberg.

Articles

The scammers and the scammed

By Andy Reed , John Ginelli (Published on 03-26-2026)