Robert joined Coutts in the Isle of Man in 1995 as a Senior Investment Manager and as a member of the Offshore Investment Policy Committee. He has 30 years investment experience and previously held an executive investment post with a major Life Assurance and Pensions institution in Scotland. Following the change in the Coutts discretionary investment proposition in 1999, Robert headed the investment consultant team for Offshore. In 2003, Robert was appointed Head of Relationship Management in the Isle of Man and in 2005 became Island Director.