Robert C Manners
Robert C. Manners is a Senior Vice President and Private Client Advisor with Bank of America Private Bank in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals, multigenerational families, business owners, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit organizations on strategies to preserve, grow, and transfer wealth.
Robert specializes in wealth management, investment management, wealth preservation, trust and estate planning, business succession planning, philanthropy, concentrated stock positions, liquidity events, executive compensation, and customized lending solutions. He has experience working with clients involved in private equity, hedge funds, family offices, endowments, real estate investment, and art collections, helping them navigate complex financial opportunities and challenges.
As the leader of a dedicated Private Bank team, Robert combines personalized advice with the resources and capabilities of one of the world's leading financial institutions. Working alongside specialists across Bank of America, he helps clients develop integrated strategies for portfolio management, estate and legacy planning, charitable giving, fiduciary services, private banking, and strategic credit solutions.
Robert begins each relationship by understanding a client's values, goals, family dynamics, and long-term objectives. By coordinating expertise across the Bank of America enterprise and collaborating closely with clients' attorneys, CPAs, and other advisors, he helps deliver tailored strategies designed to evolve as needs change.
Robert joined Bank of America Private Bank (formerly U.S. Trust) in 2021 and has served in leadership roles across Bank of America since 2007. Previously, he was a Director and Premium Elite Plus Division Manager for Merrill Edge, leading teams that advised affluent and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and businesses nationwide.
A cum laude graduate of the University of Florida, Robert serves on the Board of Directors of Cathedral Arts Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing arts education to children throughout Northeast Florida. He was recognized on the Bank of America Volunteer Honor Roll in 2025.
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ChSNC®, CFP®, CTFA
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 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 interest. 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 in on providing today's clients with disciplined financial strategies and a bridge across generations.