Sean M. Kenney is executive vice-president and co‐head of global distribution at MFS Investment Management. He leads the firm's worldwide client‐facing teams as well as product and marketing strategy. As a member of the firm's enterprise leadership team, he helps drive MFS' long‐term corporate strategy. In these roles, Kenney oversees the management of the company's global institutional and retail businesses, which span U.S. and non‐U.S. markets. His responsibilities include oversight of all teams managing relationships with large corporate and public retirement plans, sovereign wealth plans, global intermediaries, insurance companies, retirement platforms and other advisory practices that distribute the firm's investment products.

Kenney joined MFS in 2004, first working in the MFS service center. He became a field wholesaler in the retirement services division in 2006, an institutional sales director in 2008 and head of defined contribution in 2018. He was named co‐head of U.S. retail in 2022 and co‐head of global distribution in 2025. Throughout his tenure, he has dedicated his efforts to thoroughly understanding client goals, aligning MFS' products and capabilities with their needs and fostering collaborative relationships in investment decision‐making, team dynamics and stewardship.

Kenney graduated magna cum laude from Assumption College School with a major in economics. He earned his master’s of business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds the chartered financial analyst designation. He’s actively involved in numerous industry groups including as a steering committee member for the Active Managers Council.