John Kenney

Biography

John Kenney is the president of Allspring Funds Management. In this role, he is responsible for leading fund governance for the Allspring Funds Management, LLC fund board. Prior to joining Allspring, John held roles as an independent board member of a mutual fund platform and as an external advisor to Boston Consulting Group’s asset and wealth management teams. Before that, John was an executive committee member and the global head of affiliate strategic initiatives at Legg Mason Global Asset Management. He was a board member of each of Legg Mason’s independently operating investment affiliates. Earlier, John served as the chief executive officer of Legg Mason Global Asset Allocation. He began his investment industry career in 1993. John earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Notre Dame.