Robert Silver
President, The Bravitas Group
Montclair, NJ 07042
Phone (973) 783-8700 x203
Property Types
Office, Retail, Flex
Markets
Northern New Jersey
Bio
In 2006, Bob founded The Bravitas Group, Inc. Prior to this, Bob had a distinguished career in the financial services industry. From 1988 until December 2005, Bob held various executive positions at UBS and PaineWebber (acquired by UBS in 2000), including serving as the President and Chief Operating Officer of UBS Financial Services Inc. (the U.S. Wealth Management Division). Bob began his career in 1978 as a Certified Public Accountant at KPMG (formerly Peat Marwick Mitchell), leaving as an Audit Manager in the fall of 1983. He spent five years at Merrill Lynch before joining Paine Webber in March 1988.
Bob has held leadership positions in the securities industry, including board and committee positions with the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, the National Securities Clearing Corporation, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, and EPAM (a provider of software engineering outsourcing services in Central and Eastern Europe). He currently serves as an independent trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of iShares, an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc.
