Robert Patten Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

As an analyst in the Global Industry Research Group, Bob specializes in the finance sector with primary responsibility for small-cap US bank and thrift stocks as well as Wellington's Private Equity Investments in Financial Technology. Wellington is the largest owner of small cap/community banks and Bob’s focus is to constantly interact with these managements, conduct fundamental analysis on these companies as well as make buy/sell recommendations to portfolio managers based on his findings and market conditions.Board observer positions at Wellington PE Investments;SoFi- Investor/Board observer since 2015 until going public in 2021 via SPAC.nCino- Investor/Board observer since 2014. Successful IPO on July 14th , 2020. Greensky Financial-Investor/Board observer for three+ years prior to IPO in May 2018.Malauzai Technology- Investor/Board observer at Malauzai for four + years prior to its sale to Finastra in June 2018. Member of National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Wellington Management Foundation Grant Recommendation Committee-2013 to present

Provided strategic guidance, expertise and regulatory advice to bank managements.

Hired to build out and lead the U.S. Banks Institutional Research coverage at Morgan Keegan in 2005 after firms sector absence for 18 months. Provided institutional research, analysis and overview for banking sector with 20+ US regional and super regional banks under coverage. Extensive and longtime institutional and issuer relationships with strong institutional commission vote record. Has conducted numerous presentations on banking sector to Bank Board’s of Directors and Senior Managements at various offsite and strategic planning sessions. Has been quoted in top publications, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron’s, U.S. News and World Report, Financial Times, The Wall Street Transcript, The American Banker, SNL Financial and has made numerous appearances on CNBC TV, Bloomberg TV, Fox Business News and ON24 Report.

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Provide full research coverage on Mid-Cap and Super-Regional banks as a member of the #1 Institutional Investor ranked global team of bank analyst’s. Extensive CEO and CFO relationships enhanced both management access and firms investment banking effort. Was ranked second by the 200 largest fund Industry Fund Managers based on the Reuters 2000 Mid-Cap Bank Survey and fourth by the Bank Industry Managements as well as 13th in the 2002 Institutional Investor Survey, up from 31st in 2001.

Senior Bank Analyst with responsibility for full research coverage and overview of Mid-Cap banks with primary focus on Southeastern and Mid Atlantic banks, expanding coverage to include Midwest and West coast banks.