Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 21, 2002
Timothy L. Vaill is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc., and Chief Executive
Officer of its banking subsidiary, Boston Private Bank & Trust
Company, where he has been since January 1, 1993. He is also a
Director of Westfield Capital Management Company, an investment
management subsidiary, and of RINET Company, a financial planning
subsidiary. He holds similar titles at Boston Private's other
investment management subsidiaries, Sand Hill Advisors, Inc., in
Menlo Park, California, and Boston Private Value Investors, Inc.
Prior to joining BPFH, Mr. Vaill was President of Boston Safe
Deposit and Trust Company and a director of its parent, The
Boston Company. He was with The Boston Company in various
executive capacities for 18 years, and among other assignments,
directed all of its international activities. Mr. Vaill left that
company prior to its merger with Mellon Bank, and in 1991-1992,
he created a new wealth management business for Fidelity
Investments. Mr. Vaill holds a BS in Mathematics from Tufts
University and an MBA from Harvard University. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a history and overview of Boston PrivateFinancial Holdings, Inc.?
Mr. Vaill: The company started in 1987 as a private bank in the City of
Boston, and a holding