Sean Crawford, CAIA

Sean Crawford is the Chief Investment Officer for the State of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the largest transportation network in North America. Sean has the distinction of being named the Authority’s first Chief Investment Officer and is tasked with creating an investment culture and infrastructure as he oversees over $15 billion in defined contribution (401k/457), defined benefit (pensions), health and welfare (OPEB), and insurance assets.

From 2000-2014, Sean held senior positions in manager research with Brown Brothers Harriman, Barclays, Lehman Brothers, and McDonald Investments where he covered all traditional and alternative asset classes and led and developed high performing investment research teams. Also while at Barclays, Sean created, developed, and managed the firm’s first proprietary investment strategies offered in the US Market, an ETF Tactical Asset Allocation program and an income-oriented stock portfolio.

Sean began his career as an analyst in corporate bond research at Salomon Brothers in 1997 before moving to National City Bank as a portfolio manager in 1998. He holds both a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) and a Master of Arts (Political Economy) from New York University. Sean has been a CAIA Charterholder since 2005.