James D. Dawson
Executive Vice President and CEO Private Banking Group

Jim is the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Private Banking Group at Boston Private. He joined the company in February 2008 and is a member of the Senior Policy Group. Previously, Jim was President and Chief Operating Officer of Boston Private Bank & Trust Company.

Prior to joining Boston Private Bank, Jim 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.

Jim is on the Board of Overseers at Children's Hospital Boston and is a former Trustee at Endicott College. He is former Chairman of the Commercial Credit Committee of Massachusetts Bankers Association and is a Board member of the Artery Business Committee. Jim is also Past President of the New England Chapter of the Risk Management Association (formerly Robert Morris Associates).

He received his undergraduate degree in mathematical economics from Brown University and his MBA from Boston University.