Robert Clare

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Founder

Robert Clare is the Chairman of the Board, Chief  Executive Officer, and Founder of Fispoke. He has over three decades of leadership experience across banking, wealth management, and digital technology transformation. Robert started his technology career at IBM. He then began his banking career at Bank of America and served in leadership roles across Bank of America Merrill Lynch for nearly 25 years. Robert’s leadership experience at Bank of America included Chief Operating Officer in Global Technology & Operations, Chief Operating Officer in Global Risk Management, Chief Operating Officer in Legacy Assets & Servicing, Director in Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Senior Vice President in Premier Banking & Investments, and Senior Vice President in Global Consumer & Small Business Banking. Robert also served as Managing Director and Strategic Business Unit Head at Cognizant, a global technology services firm, where he led global partnerships and digital technology transformation at Fortune 100 companies.

Robert’s leadership experience across banking, wealth management, digital technology transformation, AI, operations, and FinTech was the driving force to create Fispoke.

Robert earned his MBA in International Business & Finance from Georgetown University and his BA degree from Georgetown, where he was recognized as a Baker Scholar.

The People Behind Fispoke

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Decades of combined experience from the world's leading private banks, wirehouses, and technology firms.

Daniel Walsh

Director of implementation | Product Evangelist

Terry Mullen

Strategic Growth Advisor

Marc Butler

CEO and COO across Wealth Management and Banking industries

Jim Hays

President & CEO of Wells Fargo Advisors, and Head of Merrill Lynch Private Banking & Investment Group

Whit Magruder

Co-founder & leader of the Global Private Bank at Goldman Sachs