Ben Welch

Mr. Ben Welch, CFA, is an Executive Vice President of Trading at LPL Financial LLC.
He works to develop and implement innovative strategies to enhance LPL’s support of this key function of investment management, partnering with service and support leaders to deliver a differentiated advisor experience.
Mr. Welch joins LPL after a long career at TD Ameritrade, where he was most recently managing director, Institutional Trading and Technology Services.
In that role, he oversaw TD Ameritrade’s Institutional Trading business as well as the Technology Services division, which supports platforms for RIAs and their clients.
He also held several other leadership positions at TD Ameritrade, including managing director, Product Management; director, iRebal; and senior manager, product management.
Mr. Welch graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a bachelor’s of science in business administration.
He is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder.