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Meet the Team

Meet the Team

Sean Hipskind

Director, Client Portfolio Manager
Great Lakes Advisors
CFP®

Sean Hipskind is on the Great Lakes Advisors Private Wealth team and serves as a Director and Client Portfolio Manager. As a Client Portfolio Manager, he ensures that clients are properly invested in line with their specific goals. He focuses on client education as a fundamental building block to successful investing outcomes. In addition, Sean is an experienced financial planner, creating and presenting comprehensive goals-based financial plans to high-net worth individuals within the Wintrust Private Client group. He holds his CFP® certification and utilizes a holistic approach to the planning process.

In addition, Sean is a member of the firm’s Multi-Asset Strategy (MAS) investment team where he conducts manager due diligence in an ongoing process to ensure our clients’ portfolios contain the optimal asset allocation.

Education and Professional Credentials 

  • Industry Start: 2015
  • University of Notre Dame, BA - Finance
  • FINRA Series 7 and 66 registrations
  • Certified Financial Planner, CFP®