Walter M. Pressey
President and Vice Chairman

As President and Vice Chairman of Boston Private, Walt's activities are focused on a broad variety of strategic matters, with specific emphasis on operational execution. He oversees the company's acquisition efforts and is the chief negotiator for all transactions.

Walt works very closely with the board and executive management on strategy formulation, and serves on the Board of Directors of Boston Private and on selected firm boards.  He is a member of the company's Senior Policy Group.

Prior to joining Boston Private in September 1996, Walt served in various senior executive capacities with Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company and its parent, The Boston Company. His career at The Boston Company spanned 26-years and included, among other assignments: Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the corporation, Chief Planning Officer, and Manager of Cash Management Services.

Walt serves as Chairman on the Board of Trustees of the Immune Disease Institute, Inc., a non-profit medical research firm affiliated with Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital in Boston. He is past President and Director of Financial Executives International Boston Chapter, past President of the Treasurers' Club of Boston, and past President of the Harvard Alumni Association of Boston.

Walt holds a bachelor of arts in chemistry from the University of Vermont and a masters in business administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He served as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in the Vietnam theatre.