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John Taft

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Vice Chair at Baird · Director at Sagard Private Equity Canada

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About

John G. Taft is Vice Chair of Baird, an employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, asset management and private equity firm. He previously served as CEO of RBC Wealth Management–U.S., president and CEO of Voyageur Asset Management and of Dougherty Summit Securities, and as managing director at Piper Jaffray & Hopwood, with earlier roles as a Senior Advisor to Deloitte & Touche LLP, assistant to the mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, and a journalist. He chaired the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) in 2011, has testified before Congress on a federal fiduciary standard, and authored the books "A Force for Good" and "Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street."

Experience

  1. BairdVice Chaircurrent2018 — presentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
  2. SagardDirectorcurrent2025 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  3. Octavus Group, LLCDirectorcurrent2023 — presentExcelsior, Minnesota, United States
  4. The Minneapolis FoundationBoard Of Directorscurrent2016 — presentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
  5. The Minneapolis FoundationChair2023 — 2025Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  6. RiverFront Investment GroupBoard of Directorscurrent2020 — presentRichmond, Virginia, United States
  7. Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)Board of Directorscurrent2018 — present
  8. Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual ArtsBoard Of Directors2015 — 2022New York City and Minneapolis, MN
  9. Deloitte & Touche LLPSenior Advisor2017 — 2018
  10. Columbia FundsDirector2017
  11. RBC Wealth Management USCEO2005 — 2016Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Colleagues at Baird

Brian Doyal
Co-Head of Global Investment Banking at Baird
Brian McDonagh
Co-Head of Global Investment Banking at Baird
David Tarantino
Director of Equity Research, CFA at Baird
Erik Dahlberg
President of Private Wealth Management at Baird
Geoff Mackey
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Baird
Gordon Pan
President at Baird Capital
James R. Allen
Vice Chair, CFA at Baird
Jason De Sena Trennert
Baird Strategas Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Baird

Frequently asked questions

Who is John Taft?
John G. Taft is Vice Chair of Baird, an employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, asset management and private equity firm. He previously served as CEO of RBC Wealth Management–U.S., president and CEO of Voyageur Asset Management and of Dougherty Summit Securities, and as managing director at Piper Jaffray & Hopwood, with earlier roles as a Senior Advisor to Deloitte & Touche LLP, assistant to the mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, and a journalist. He chaired the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) in 2011, has testified before Congress on a federal fiduciary standard, and authored the books "A Force for Good" and "Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street."
Where does John Taft work?
John Taft is Vice Chair at Baird.
Where did John Taft go to school?
John Taft studied at Yale University (Bachelor of Arts (BA)); Yale School of Management (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Public and Private Management).

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