Rye Beach, NH Office

John Smyth is a Private Wealth Manager at Merrill Private Wealth Management with over three decades of experience in financial markets that began at The Chicago Board of Trade in 1993. Prior to his current role, he served as a Managing Director at both J.P. Morgan and First Republic Investment Management. John focuses on family wealth management strategies, legacy planning, and portfolio management services for private business owners and general partners of private equity and venture capital firms, leading a team dedicated to intergenerational wealth planning and asset management. John earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and holds professional designations as a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) and a Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). He is bilingual in French and English. He is actively involved in community service and serves in advisory and leadership roles including positions with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra Finance Committee, Brain Chemistry Labs Finance and Audit Committee, Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Association Executive Committee as the Planned Giving Chair, the Institute for World Politics Board of Advisors, the Lost Tree Charitable Foundation Investment Committee, TiE (The IndUS Entrepreneurs Association), and the University of Miami Frost School of Music Board of Advisors. In his personal time, John has interests in golfing, music, and singing.