Timothy L. Vaill
Chairman and CEO

As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Private, Tim has overall responsibility for establishing the mission and vision of the company, developing the strategy for implementation and its ultimate execution.  He reports to the Board of Directors and is responsible for keeping them fully informed about and involved in the key policies and issues facing the company.  Tim serves on a number of the company’s firms’ boards and chairs the company’s Senior Policy Group.

Prior to joining Boston Private, Tim was President and a Director of Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, a $10 billion private bank, and a Director of its parent, The Boston Company, an asset management company. He was with The Boston Company in various executive capacities for 18-years, and among other assignments, directed all of its international activities. He left that company prior to its merger with Mellon Bank, and from 1991 to 1992, he created a new wealth management business for Fidelity Investments.  Tim joined Boston Private Bank & Trust Company, and its parent company, Boston Private Financial Holdings, on January 1, 1993, as Chief Executive Officer, and became Chairman of the holding company in 1997. 

Tim serves on the boards of directors of the Schreiber Corporation, the Boston Ten Point Coalition, the New England Aquarium, the New Hampshire Music Festival and the Board of Trustees of Bay State College in Boston. He is also an Overseer at the New England Conservatory of Music and the New England Medical Center.