Shawn Lytle

Shawn K. Lytle is global head of Macquarie Asset Management’s Public Investments business. In this role, he is responsible for leading all aspects of Macquarie Asset Management’s Equities, Fixed Income, and Multi Asset businesses, which includes oversight of the firm’s multi-boutique investment teams of more than 800 employees globally and $US401 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2022. Prior to taking on this role in January 2019, he was deputy global head of the Public Investments division, responsible for leading the Americas business. Shawn also serves as president of Delaware Funds® by Macquarie. In addition, he is head of Americas for Macquarie Group, a position he has held since December 2017. In this role, he chairs the region’s Management Committee and represents the Americas region on Macquarie Group’s Management Committee. He also serves on the Macquarie Asset Management Public Investments’ Executive Committee. Prior to joining Macquarie in June 2015, he held several management roles at UBS Asset Management in Chicago, New York, and London as well as global equity roles at JP Morgan Asset Management. He received a bachelor’s degree in marketing from The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Shawn is a member of the board of governors for the Investment Company Institute (ICI). He is the former chairman of the National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP), and he previously served on the board of directors for the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) for five years. Shawn is passionate about OppNet's mission, was a 2022 OppNet Gala honoree, and is excited to deepen his work with OppNet to promote education and equitable opportunity access.