Bob brings substantial compliance and legal experience shaped by decades at the intersection of regulation, governance, and executive leadership, and is a member of the CRC Oyster Leadership Team.
His career spans federal prosecution, SEC enforcement, and thirty years of senior leadership at one of the country’s largest wealth management organizations. Bob joined Wheat First in 1992 and, through its evolution into Wells Fargo Advisors, held a series of senior roles including Group Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Governance Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, regional director of the Private Client Group, and Assistant General Counsel, ultimately serving as Group Risk Officer and WIM Control Executive for Wells Fargo’s Wealth and Investment Management business. Before Wells Fargo, he served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York on the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, and as Senior Counsel in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.
