Selina Elwell is Director of Investment Counselling and Chief Executive Officer of MIO Partners (EU) Ltd, McKinsey & Company’s investment management arm. She brings over three decades of experience in the financial sector to this prominent role.
MIO Partners oversees retirement and after-tax investments of the leading consultancy’s current and former partners. Selina serves in this leadership role in a global investment advisory team after a long tenure at the firm.
Selina's City life began in 1982 when she was recruited to the Capital Markets Division of SG Warburg, quite an accolade for a woman at a time of a predominantly male workforce.
Moving to New York, Selina became Global Head of Product Development & Distribution at Chemical Bank, which subsequently merged with Chase Manhattan. Returning to London, she continued to work for Chase as Vice President Marketing, Product Development & Distribution (Europe) before moving to the Private Bank and Trust Company as an Associate Director of their private banking division.
Then came a move to work as a Senior Financial Advisor with Rupert Loewenstein who famously looked after finances for the Rolling Stones. A role as Vice President and Senior Financial Consultant in the private banking department at Merrill Lynch followed before Selina took up the post of Director, Private Client Services at Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette. In 2005 Selina moved to her current role as CEO of McKinsey Investment Office (MIO) Partners Ltd.
A passionate philanthropist, Selina is a keen supporter of education for women in the developing world. Selina is bi-lingual in French and fluent in Spanish and Italian. She enjoys gardening, music and writing.
MIO Partners is the investment management division of leading management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company. Selina serves as CEO and Director, Investment Counselling.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Director, Private Client Services
2000 - 2005
London, UK
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette was an investment bank established in 1959 and included services such as investment and merchant banking, venture capital, sales and trading as well as asset management. The firm was established based on the realisation that at the time there were no firms conducting thorough independent corporate research. DLJ was acquired by Credit Suisse in 2000.
Vice President and Senior Financial Consultant , London Private Banking
1996 - 2000
London, UK
Merrill Lynch is one of the world's premier providers of wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment. It provides services in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, lending, trading, risk management, research, and liquidity and payments management.
Rupert Loewenstein Investments Ltd
Senior Financial Advisor
1994 - 1996
London, UK
Prince Rupert Loewenstein was a merchant banker who was well known for his successful handling of the finances of the Rolling Stones from the 1960s until 2008.
The Private Bank and Trust Company
Associate Director, Private Banking
1992 - 1994
London, UK
The Private Bank & Trust Company was a private limited company with share capital based in London.
Chase Manhattan Bank
VP Marketing, Product Development & Distribution (Europe)
1990 - 1992
London, UK
Chase Manhattan Bank was formed in the merger of the Chase National Bank and The Manhattan Company.
Chemical Bank was the third-largest bank in the U.S. in the mid 1990s. It had over $180 billion in assets and employees worldwide.
S. G. Warburg & Co. LTD.
Capital Markets Division
1982 - 1987
London, UK
S.G. Warburg & Company was an investment bank based in London. In the 1960s it was recognised for its pioneering merger and takeover work in the UK. It then grew rapidly for the following 20 years before merging with Swiss Bank Corporation in 1995.
The Financial Services Register is a public record showing details of companies and individuals that are regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), and/or the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Simple But Not Easy: An Autobiographical and Biased Book about Investing by Richard Oldfield is a simple guide for both professionals and amateurs on investing. It outlines that investment management, though not easy, is simpler than it appears.
