Roger Hobby Named President of Wilmington Trust FSB, New EnglandWilmington Trust announced Roger Hobby has been named president

  
    
  
  
    
      Wilmington Trust announced Roger Hobby has been named president of 
      Wilmington Trust FSB, New England.
    
    
      Mr. Hobby comes to Wilmington Trust having spent his entire 19-year 
      career with Fidelity Investments, where he served most recently as 
      president of Fidelity’s Family Office Services 
      group in Boston. In that role, he managed all strategy, sales, business 
      development, technical product development, and relationship management 
      for ultra-high-net-worth clients.
    
    
      Mr. Hobby is responsible for managing Wilmington Trust’s 
      Boston office and leading the development of wealth advisory services 
      for clients throughout the northeastern United States. These services 
      include private banking, investment services, fiduciary services, and 
      family office services. Mr. Hobby reports to Tony Guernsey, head of 
      National Wealth Management for Wilmington Trust, and serves as a member 
      of the National Wealth Management Group’s 
      leadership team.
    
    
      “Roger brings considerable experience, strong 
      leadership skills, and deep knowledge of the New England market to 
      Wilmington Trust,” said Mark A. Graham, 
      executive vice president of Wilmington Trust and head of the company’s 
      Wealth Advisory Services. “We are thrilled to 
      have him lead the delivery of our exceptional wealth advisory expertise 
      to high-net-worth clients throughout the region.”
    
    
      Wilmington Trust opened its Boston office on Milk Street last year 
      through the acquisition of a wealth management firm formerly known as 
      Bingham Legg Advisers LLC. Wilmington Trust, which is one of the oldest 
      and most respected names in wealth management, has 45 staff members in 
      Boston.
    
    
      Mr. Hobby began his career as an investment broker for Fidelity in 1989. 
      Later he was responsible for integrating Fidelity’s 
      national call centers and branch network to help generate additional 
      business and improve clients’ overall 
      experience. In 1997, he was promoted to senior vice president of sales 
      and business development for all Internet, call center, and branch 
      activity. In 1999, Mr. Hobby became senior vice president and national 
      head of the “core” 
      retail group, helping to bring new relationships and a significant level 
      of new assets to Fidelity. In 2003, Mr. Hobby became senior vice 
      president and market manager for Boston. He helped build the company’s 
      local market manager structure, in which he managed 10 branch offices 
      with 60 vice presidents. In 2004, Mr. Hobby joined the Family Office 
      Services group; he was named president last year.
    
    
      Mr. Hobby earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama 
      and completed the Harvard Business School’s 
      General Manager ProgramTM. He sits on the 
      advisory board for Communities In Schools, has served on committees for 
      the American Heart Association’s Boston Heart 
      Ball, and has run numerous marathons in support of the Children’s 
      Hospital in Boston. For the past six years, he has participated in the 
      Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, an annual fund-raising cycling event that 
      donates its proceeds to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Mr. Hobby, his 
      wife, and two children reside in Medfield, Massachusetts.
    
    
      Wilmington Trust Corporation (NYSE:WL) is a financial services holding 
      company that provides Regional Banking services throughout the 
      mid-Atlantic region, Wealth Advisory Services for high-net-worth clients 
      in 36 countries, and Corporate Client Services for institutional clients 
      in 86 countries. Its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Wilmington Trust 
      Company, which was founded in 1903, is one of the largest personal trust 
      providers in the United States and the leading retail and commercial 
      bank in Delaware. Wilmington Trust Corporation and its affiliates have 
      offices in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, 
      Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, 
      Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, the Cayman Islands, the Channel 
      Islands, London, Dublin, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, and Amsterdam.