Executive Chair and Chair of the Board of Directors, Eastern Bankshares, Inc. and Eastern Bank
Bob Rivers is Executive Chair and Chair of the Board of Directors of Eastern Bankshares, Inc. and Eastern Bank, Greater Boston’s leading local bank and the largest bank-owned independent investment advisor in Massachusetts, with roughly $25 billion in assets and approximately 110 locations serving communities in eastern Massachusetts, southern and coastal New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut . A 40-year community banker who started his career as a teller at Randolph Savings Bank, he is a graduate of Stonehill College.
Bob is involved extensively in the community, serving as Chair of The Dimock Center and on the Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, The Lowell Plan, and The New England Council. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of Stonehill College, the Advisory Boards of the JFK Library Foundation, Lawrence Partnership and UTEC, as well as the Boston Women’s Workforce Council and The Boston Club, in addition to providing support and guidance to numerous other non-profit organizations. In addition, he is a Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Business Coalition for Early Childhood Education, comprised of more than 100 Massachusetts companies and business associations focused on raising awareness about the need for a more robust and sustainable network of early childcare and education. A co-founder of Eastern’s innovation hub, Eastern Labs, which has pioneered new products with fintech’s and advanced digital banking services, Bob also serves on the Advisory Board of the Mass FinTech Hub. Most recently, he was appointed to the Federal Reserve’s Federal Advisory Council.
Bob has been recognized by many organizations for his work in championing diversity and social justice and has been regularly named among the Top 10 “Most Influential People in Boston” by Boston Magazine, and to the Boston Business Journal’s Power 50 list.