Ben Hammer, CFA, is head of client development for Vanguard Personalized Indexing where he is dedicated to forming and sustaining long-term partnerships with registered investment advisors (RIAs), banks, and broker-dealers. He joined Vanguard in 2005. Before his current role, he managed relationships with RIAs in the Pacific Northwest for Vanguard Financial Advisor Services™ and represented Vanguard ETFs® to institutional asset managers nationwide.

Mr. Hammer earned a B.S. in psychology from the University of Illinois. He is a CFA® charterholder, a member of the CFA Society Chicago and holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.