Melissa Busso CPFA

Managing Director

Melissa, a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, joined Jumet Financial in 2017 and brings over twenty-five years of experience in the financial services industry to our team.

Melissa is responsible for strategic growth and development for the firm. Prior to joining Jumet Financial, Melissa served as Director of Compliance at Babson Capital Management, a Boston-based investment management firm with over $110 billion in assets under management. In that role, she was responsible for regulatory compliance and oversight, including development and oversight of the firm’s policies and procedures, forensic testing of its compliance program, and development and execution of its training program.

Melissa also previously worked at Columbia Management, the investment management division of Bank of America, where she led a team of professionals responsible for compliance oversight of its portfolio management and trading functions across multiple asset classes, including domestic and international equity as well as short- and long-term fixed income strategies.

Melissa is a graduate of the University of Missouri–Columbia with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a concentration in Finance.

Melissa holds the Series 65 securities license through Western Wealth Management and carries the Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA) designation. She also holds certifications in Fiduciary and Investment Risk Management and in Investment Advisor compliance oversight, and is a certified Six Sigma green belt in process improvement.