Robert J. "Bob" McCann
| Robert J. McCann | |
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| Chairman Americas of UBS Group AG | |
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In office January 2016 – present |
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| Born |
Robert J. McCann March 15, 1958 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA |
| Nationality | American and Irish citizen |
| Alma mater |
Bethany College Texas Christian University |
| Occupation | Financial Services |
Robert J. “Bob” McCann (born 15 March 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is an US-American and Irish citizen. He was formerly President Wealth Management Americas and President Americas of UBS Group AG. He had led the Wealth Management Americas division since December 2011 and had served as a member of the UBS Group AG Group Executive Board since October 2009. He relinquished both roles when he stepped down in November 2015.
McCann is now Chairman of UBS Americas and his duties involve strategic initiatives around clients and business priorities. Tom Naratil has assumed McCann's previous roles.
McCann graduated from West Virginia’s Bethany College in 1980 with a Bachelor’s degree in economics.
He was later awarded a fellowship through the Sid W. Richardson Foundation to attend the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, where he earned an M.B.A. in 1982.
Subsequently, at Harvard Business School, McCann completed the Advanced Management Program.
McCann’s career at Merrill Lynch & Co. began in 1982 and spanned 26 years. From 2003 and until his departure in January 2009, McCann was Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch and President of Global Wealth Management which offers investment banking and retirement services for individuals and businesses globally.
During his tenure, McCann held a variety of executive leadership positions. He was the Vice-Chairman of the firm's Wealth Management Group (including Global Private Client and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers), the Head of Global Securities Research and Economics (2001 to 2003), Chief Operating Officer of Global Markets and Investment Banking (2000), and Head of Global Institutional Sales (1998 to 2000).
As Head of the Global Equity Trading & Markets Division, he was responsible for trading and risk management activities relating to Merrill’s equity products, which provided issuers and investors access to world markets through the global underwriting, trading and distribution of .
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