Robert Burns serves as Director of Institutional Fiduciary Solutions group in the home office of Raymond James. Robert has been in the investment management business for 25 years. Prior to joining Raymond James in 2006, Robert spent 9 years at McDonald Investments, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, where he last served as Director of the Managed Assets Group. Previous to McDonald, Mr. Burns worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and during his military service he proudly served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

Mr. Burns holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Bowling Green State University as well as the CFA and AIF® designations. In addition, he is a graduate of the SII which is an execute education program at the Wharton School. He is a member of the CFA Institute, the MidSouth Association for Business Economics and the Cleveland Society of Security Analysts.