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Christopher R Zell

Senior Vice President, Private Client Manager

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Professional Profile

Christopher Zell is a Senior Vice President and Private Client Manager with Bank of America Private Bank in Hartford, Connecticut. A veteran relationship manager, Chris is adept in advancing the priorities of senior executives and other high-net-worth individuals and families, helping them pursue a more efficient and thoughtful approach to growing, preserving, and transferring their wealth. Chris also provides tailored advice and guidance to institutional clients, including endowments, foundations, and other nonprofit entities, helping them address their investment management needs, while supporting their mission fulfillment, organizational capacity, and long-term stability.

Chris draws on decades of experience serving senior leaders of institutional clients. He works in concert with a team of deeply credentialed specialists, who look to uncover possible efficiencies, implement best practices, and connect clients to the research, ideas, and technology that can add value to their lives and legacies. Consultative by nature, Chris grounds his work in the distinctive circumstances of each relationship, lending his perspective and insight.

Chris began his banking career in 1980 with a predecessor firm of Bank of America and has more than 40 years of financial services experience. Prior to his current role, he was a Senior Relationship Manager in Global Commercial Banking for the Healthcare, Education, and Not-For-Profit Group at Bank of America. In this capacity, he led the delivery of commercial banking services to institutional clients throughout Connecticut. Previously, Chris served as the national Credit Product Approval Manager for all centralized commercial credit approvals at the Bank, overseeing a large team of approval officers. Chris earned his B.S. in finance, cum laude, from Central Connecticut State University and his M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut.

Chris is a board member for the Connecticut Science Center.

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EXTENSIVE REACH, INNOVATION AND A LEGACY OF TRUST

For more than 200 years, Bank of America Private Bank has helped clients navigate the complex challenges of managing significant wealth. We draw on the Private Bank’s personalized approach, as well as the resources of Bank of America, to help individuals and families, businesses, and institutions achieve their financial objectives. Whether you’re looking to preserve and share wealth, build philanthropic legacies or plan for future growth, our commitment is to make your goals our priority.

At Bank of America Private Bank, we take pride in our history and in serving our clients’ best interests. We also value the continual pursuit of innovation in a constantly transforming world. We apply this perspective to help our clients anticipate and respond to evolving markets, changing environments and the growing complexities of the financial landscape. Mindful of the past, our focus is on providing today’s clients with disciplined financial strategies and a bridge across generations.