People: Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. (BPFH.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Vaill, Timothy 67 2000 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Pressey, Walter 64 2009 Vice Chairman of the Board, President
Kaye, David 44 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Chambers, Margaret 48 2004 Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Cromarty, Joseph 52 2008 Executive Vice President, CEO - Wealth Advisory & Investment Management
Higgins, Martha 45 2008 Executive Vice President, Director - Human Capital Resources
Dawson, James 56 2008 Executive Vice President, CEO - Private Banking
Alexakos, George 2009 Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer
Hoffman, Lynn 60 2004 Lead Independent Director
Alexander, Herbert 66 1991 Independent Director
Colangelo, Eugene 61 1987 Independent Director
Sinai, Allen 69 1995 Independent Director
Graveline, Kathleen 57 2003 Independent Director
Waters, Stephen 62 2004 Independent Director
Shea, William 61 2004 Independent Director
Kuenstner, Deborah 50 2007 Independent Director
Henriques, Adolfo 55 2007 Independent Director
Morton, John 65 2008 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description
Vaill, Timothy Timothy L. Vaill is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc., which he joined on January 1, 1993. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Boston Private Bank, Borel Private Bank & Trust Company, First Private Bank & Trust, Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust Company, Sand Hill Advisors, LLC, Boston Private Value Investors, Inc., and Dalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher & Co., LLC, all of which are affiliates of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Vaill was President of Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company, and Executive Vice President of its parent, The Boston Company, serving as a director of both companies. He was with The Boston Company in various executive capacities for 18 years, and among other assignments, directed all of its international activities. In 1991 and 1992, Mr. Vaill served in a senior consulting capacity for Fidelity Investments in Boston where he created a new personal trust business for the high net worth marketplace. Mr. Vaill serves on the Board of The Schreiber Corporation and also serves as a Director for the New England Aquarium, The New Hampshire Music Festival, the Squam Lakes Conservation Society, The BAA, Inc. and the Board of Trustees at Bay State College in Boston. He is on the Board of Overseers for the New England Conservatory. He also served on the Board of Overseers at the New England Medical Center.
Pressey, Walter Mr. Walter M. Pressey has been appointed as Vice Chairman of the Board, President of Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc effective July 23, 2009. He has served as President, Vice Chairman and Chief Risk Officer of Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc., which he joined in September of 1996. He served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from 1996 until 2004, became President of the Company in 2000, and Vice Chairman in 2008. Prior to joining Boston Private, Mr. Pressey served in various senior executive capacities with Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company and its parent, The Boston Company. His career at The Boston Company spanned twenty-six years and included, among other assignments, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The Boston Company and its subsidiaries, Chief Planning Officer of The Boston Company, and Manager of Cash Management Services. Mr. Pressey serves as Chairman on the Board of Trustees of the Immune Disease Institute, a non-profit medical research firm affiliated with the Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital in Boston. He is past President and Director of the Financial Executives International (Boston Chapter) and currently serves on the Nominating Committee. Formerly, Mr. Pressey was President of the Treasurers Club of Boston, President of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association of Boston, Director of the Harvard Alumni Association, Director of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association, and served as Founder, Director and Treasurer of the Foundation for Belmont Education. He also was Director and Treasurer of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Mr. Pressey served as a First Lieutenant with the U. S. Army Chemical Corps at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland and in the Vietnam theater. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Anchor Capital Holdings, LLC, Charter Bank and RINET Company, LLC, all of which are affiliates of the Company.
Kaye, David David J. Kaye joined Boston Private FInancial Holdings Inc in July 2007 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Boston Private, Mr. Kaye served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Columbia Management, Bank of America’s asset management organization. He led a team of finance professionals with responsibility for all financial reporting for the organization and served as a strategic advisor to the group’s President. Prior to that position, Mr. Kaye was the Chief Financial Officer of Bank of America’s Private Bank. During that time, he designed sales reporting practices that became an institutional cornerstone and provided business and financial advice and counsel to the company’s Regional Presidents. Previously, Mr. Kaye was the Vice President and Controller for Goldman Sachs Asset Management, heading a team that performed all financial reporting functions for the division. Earlier in his career, he held several finance positions at Lehman Brothers, and was a consultant with Coopers & Lybrand Consulting. He is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). Mr. Kaye is a member of the Company’s Senior Policy Group.
Chambers, Margaret Margaret W. Chambers is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary for Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. She has over 20 years of experience in the legal arena focusing on financial services matters. She is responsible for overseeing the Company’s operations from a legal perspective including merger and acquisition activities, regulatory examinations, corporate governance, board materials and relations, regulatory filings, real estate, risk management and compliance, employment and insurance matters. Ms. Chambers serves as the Company’s Secretary. Prior to joining Boston Private in January of 2002, Ms. Chambers served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Funds Distributor, Inc., a Boston Institutional Group company. Before joining Funds Distributor, she served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at the investment management firm of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. Prior to her position with Loomis, she was an associate with the law firm of Ropes & Gray focusing on securities regulatory matters, including investment company, investment advisory, broker-dealer, and securities offering matters. Ms. Chambers serves on the Board of Directors of Davidson Trust Company and KLS Professional Advisors Group, LLC. Ms. Chambers is a member of the Company’s Senior Policy Group.
Cromarty, Joseph Joseph H. Cromarty is Executive Vice President and CEO-Wealth Advisory and Investment Management Groups of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. He joined the Company in 2004 as President-Eastern Region, with responsibility for expanding and overseeing the firm’s wealth management capabilities in the eastern regions of the U.S. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cromarty was President and a director of State Street Global Alliance, LLC, an asset management holding company jointly owned by State Street Global Advisors and ABP, the Dutch pension plan for civil servants. In that capacity, he was responsible for building and managing a portfolio of eight asset management companies based in the U.S., Europe and Asia. While at State Street, he also served as managing director for the firm’s high net worth and fiduciary outsourcing businesses. Mr. Cromarty’s professional career started at The Boston Company, where he worked for over ten years before becoming a founding director of PanAgora Asset Management. Mr. Cromarty serves on the Boards of Directors of Anchor Capital Holdings, LLC, RINET Company, LLC, Boston Private Value Investors, Inc., Bingham, Osborn, & Scarborough, LLC, KLS Professional Advisors Group, LLC and Davidson Trust Company. Mr. Cromarty is a member of the Company’s Senior Policy Group.
Higgins, Martha Martha T. Higgins joined Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. in January 2008 as Executive Vice President, Director-Human Capital Resources. She is responsible for enterprise-wide human capital initiatives and serves as an advisor to senior management and to the Company’s affiliate partners on human capital strategy, workforce planning and overall workforce effectiveness. In addition, she supports the Boston Private Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee and is a member of the Company’s Senior Policy Group. Prior to joining Boston Private, Ms. Higgins was a Senior Consultant and Relationship Manager at W.T. Haigh & Company, a boutique executive compensation and human resources consulting firm in Cambridge, MA. As one of the firm’s Senior Consultants, Ms. Higgins was responsible for significant client relationships, serving as an advisor to public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations on executive compensation and broader human resources issues. She has over 20 years of experience working in the financial services industry. Ms. Higgins started her career at The Boston Company (at the time a subsidiary of Shearson Lehman/American Express) and also worked for Fidelity Investments as a Senior Compensation Consultant.
Dawson, James James D. Dawson joined Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc in February 2008 as Executive Vice President and CEO-Private Banking. Prior to this he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Boston Private Bank. Mr. Dawson joined Boston Private Bank in July, 1996. Prior to joining Boston Private Bank, Mr. Dawson was the Senior Lending Officer and a member of the Senior Management Committee of Andover Bank, a $1+ billion community bank. Earlier in his career, he spent 16 years with Shawmut Bank where he was a District Vice President. His responsibilities included managing a corporate lending group and supervising several branches in the same region. Mr. Dawson serves on the Board of Directors of Boston Private Bank, and First Private Bank & Trust, where he is also serving as Interim President and CEO. He serves on the Board of Overseers at Children’s Hospital Boston and Board of Trustees at Endicott College. He is Chairman of the Commercial Credit Committee of Massachusetts Bankers Association and is a Board member of the Artery Business Committee. He is also Past President of the New England Chapter of the Risk Management Association (formerly Robert Morris Associates). Mr. Dawson is a member of the Company’s Senior Policy Group.
Alexakos, George Mr. George L. Alexakos is Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer of Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. Mr. Alexakos' experience includes serving as a Risk Management Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and holding the position of Director of Risk Review at BankBoston, along with several risk related positions at Citibank and other financial institutions. He also served as an examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for seven years. Mr. Alexakos received an Master of Business Administration from American Graduate School of International Management and a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College.
Hoffman, Lynn Lynn Thompson Hoffman is Lead Independent Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. She is an attorney and private investor and serves as the Lead Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. Mrs. Hoffman is an Advisory Trustee of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and serves on the Finance and Investment Committees. A former investment banker with Paine Webber and publisher with Houghton Mifflin Company, Mrs. Hoffman has served as Director of First Mutual Bank, the American Association of Publishers and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children where she chaired the Finance and Investment Committee. She has also served as Overseer of the New England Conservatory, Harvard Community Health Plan, and Babson College and was the past President of the Shirley Eustis House Association.
Alexander, Herbert Herbert S. Alexander is Independent Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. He is founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alexander, Aronson, Finning & Co., P.C., a firm of certified public accountants and consultants established in 1973. He serves on the Alumni Board of Boston University School of Management and on the Investment Committee of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries in Boston, Massachusetts, and formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Easter Seal Society. Additionally, he is a member of the Advisory Council of the Northeastern University Graduate School of Professional Accounting, Incorporator of the Worcester Art Museum and President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Practising Accountants. Mr. Alexander is also a director of Boston Private Bank.
Colangelo, Eugene Eugene S. Colangelo is Independent Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. Mr. Colangelo is Chairman of the Board of Julio Enterprises and has served as such since the early 1980s. Julio Enterprises, a conglomerate headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, operates numerous businesses including retail, publishing and real estate. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries in Boston, Massachusetts, and is currently a member of the Retail Oversight Committee. Mr. Colangelo serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Boston Private Bank.
Sinai, Allen Dr. Allen L. Sinai is Independent Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. He is President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Global Economist/Strategist of Decision Economics, Inc. (“DE”). Dr. Sinai is responsible for the DE forecasts and analyses of the U.S. and world economic and financial markets and translating this information for use in bottom-line decisions by senior level decision-makers in financial institutions, corporations and government. Dr. Sinai also is responsible for the business operations and financial performance of DE. Previously, Dr. Sinai served for over 13 years at Lehman Brothers, where he was Managing Director and Chief Global Economist, and the Director of Lehman Brothers Global Economics. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Economist of The Boston Company, a subsidiary of Shearson Lehman Brothers. Prior to Lehman Brothers, Dr. Sinai was Chief Financial Economist and Senior Vice President at the Lexington, Massachusetts based Data Resources, Inc. (DRI). Dr. Sinai has taught at numerous universities, including Brandeis, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, New York University and the University of Illinois-Chicago. He is a past President and Fellow of the Eastern Economic Association and a past President of the North American Economics and Finance Association. He has been Chairman of the Committee on Developing American Capitalism and a past member of the Time Magazine Board of Economists.
Graveline, Kathleen Kathleen Marie. Graveline is Independent Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. Ms. Graveline is a retired financial services executive. She was formerly Executive Vice President of John Hancock Financial Services (1996-2001) where she was responsible for managing all facets of the Retail Sector. She also spent three years as Senior Vice President of Alternative Channels and Product Management at John Hancock. Prior to joining Hancock, she held the position of Senior Vice President of Fidelity Investments High Net Worth Group. Her other roles have included serving as Managing Partner of the Communique Group, a marketing and promotions firm, and Senior Vice President of The Boston Company where she held various positions in the marketing and product development areas of the bank. Ms. Graveline is a member of the Board of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company and has served on the Board of Overseers of WGBH since 1996. Ms. Graveline is also on the Board of Directors of Boston Private Bank.
Waters, Stephen Stephen M. Waters is Independent Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. Mr. Waters is a partner at Compass Advisers, an independent advisory firm established in 2001, and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Compass Partners and its European Equity Fund, which he founded in 1996. Prior to this, Mr. Waters spent over twenty years advising corporate and financial entities both in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Waters served from 1992 to 1996 as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Europe and was a member of Morgan Stanley’s worldwide 12-person Operating Committee. Mr. Waters joined Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department in June 1988 and was Co-Director of that department from January 1990 to early 1992. Mr. Waters was Co-Director of the Mergers and Acquisition Department at Shearson Lehman Brothers from 1985 to 1988. He serves as Co-Chairman of the Harvard College Fund and is acting Chairman of the Unites States Naval Institute. He is a member of the Investment Committee of Princeton Theological Seminary and of the Board of Directors of Valero Energy Corp. He is also acting Chairman of the United States Naval Institute.
Shea, William William J. Shea is Independent Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. He was a managing partner of DLB Capital, LLC, a start-up private equity company located in Wilton, Connecticut until December 2007. He served as Executive Chairman of Royal & Sun Alliance USA, Inc. from 2005 to 2006. Mr. Shea served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Conseco, Inc. from 2001 to 2004 where he successfully managed that firm’s restructuring process. Prior to joining Conseco, Mr. Shea served as Chairman of the Board for Centennial Technologies, a public manufacturing company. Mr. Shea also served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of BankBoston, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Fleet, where he had responsibility for all financial aspects of the corporation, investor relations, risk management, capital markets and private banking, among other areas. He began his career in the financial services area with Coopers & Lybrand, where he spent twenty years, and rose to serve as Vice Chairman and Firm Council Member. Mr. Shea formerly served on the Board of the Executive Committee for the Boston Stock Exchange and the Boards of Trustees for Children’s Hospital in Boston and Northeastern University. Mr. Shea has served as the Chairman of the Board of Demoulas Supermarkets since 1999 and serves on the Board of AIG SunAmerica.
Kuenstner, Deborah Deborah Foye Kuenstner is Independent Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. Ms. Kuenstner is the Chief Investment Officer at Wellesley College. Before joining Wellesley College in February 2009, Ms. Kuenstner was Chief Investment Officer and Vice President of Investment Management at Brandeis University. Prior to working at Brandeis, Ms. Kuenstner was Managing Director of Research for Fidelity Management & Research Company, the investment management organization of Fidelity Investments. Prior to Fidelity, Ms. Kuenstner was the Chief Investment Officer, Global Value, at Putnam Investments from 2000-2004. Her other roles at Putnam included Chief Investment Officer, International Value and Senior Portfolio Manager, International Equities. Prior to that, she worked at DuPont Pension Fund Investment in Wilmington, Delaware as a Senior Portfolio Manager, International Equities. Ms. Kuenstner has also been a Vice President, International Investment Strategist at Merrill Lynch in addition to Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Ms. Kuenstner was actively involved in the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church USA from 1996-2004 as Investment Committee Chair, Director, and most recently, Co-opted Director.
Henriques, Adolfo Adolfo Henriques is Independent Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. He was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Florida East Coast Industries until December 2007. He has served on the board of that company since 1998 and was chairman of their audit committee and a member of their governance committee, as well. Mr. Henriques was previously with Regions Bank, where he most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of the South Region. In 1997, he joined that bank to lead the corporation’s expansion into the Florida market. Prior to joining Regions Bank, Mr. Henriques served in executive capacities at Bank of America’s predecessor banks since 1986. Mr. Henriques is the past Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Florida International University. He is the immediate past chairman for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Regional Chair of the Southeast Region for the Florida Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Orange Bowl Committee and the Miami Business Forum. Mr. Henriques is past Chairman of Leadership Florida, past Chairman of the Financial Oversight Board for the City of Miami, past Chairman of the United Way of Miami-Dade, past Chairman of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and the Beacon Council (Miami’s Economic Development Partnership). Mr. Henriques has also served as Co-Chairman of the Miami Children’s Museum Capital Campaign, Chairman of Homes for South Florida and Greater Miami LISC, Chairman of the Epiphany School Advisory Council, Site Selection Chairman of the Community Partnership for the Homeless, Member of the Florida Board of Regents and served on the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force for the airport.
Morton, John John Morton III is Independent Director of Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc., effective August 12, 2008. Mr. Morton is a seasoned bank executive with 35 years of banking and financial services experience. He has extensive experience leading organizational turnarounds, acquisition integrations, business growth and corporate governance activities. Mr. Morton has been Chairman of Fortress International Group, Inc. since December 2008. He has been a Director of the Company since August 2008, of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. since July 2007, Fortress International Group, Inc. since January 2007 and Dynamac International Inc, since the late 1980’s. Mr. Morton served as a Director of Broadwing Corporation from April 2006 to January 2007. He served as President of Premier Banking for Bank of America Corp. from August 24, 2004 to September 2005. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Morton served as President of the Mid-Atlantic Region, Bank of America. Mr. Morton served as President of the Private Client Group of NationsBank from 1996 to 1997. From 1994 to 1996, he served as Chief Executive Officer and President of The Boatmen’s National Bank of St. Louis. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Farm and Home Financial Corporation from 1992-1993. In 1990 and 1991, Mr. Morton served as Perpetual Financial Corporation’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. He served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant aboard the nuclear submarine U.S.S. George Washington Carver. He serves as Chairman of the Maryland Stadium Authority and the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation Athletic and Scholarship Programs. Mr. Morton holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from Harvard University.
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