Keynote Speaker
For almost 40 years, people have trusted John Taft's perspective on the financial services industry.
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Currently Vice Chairman at Baird, a global financial services firm, John Taft’s diverse experience includes more than a decade as CEO of RBC Wealth Management, and as a Board member and Past Chairman of the Securities and Financial Markets Association. In these roles and through his speaking, writing and media appearances, Taft has been an advocate for authentic stewardship, for “responsible finance,” and for the essential role finance plays in achieving societal goals.
In his first book, Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street, John Taft described what happens when we lose touch with the core principle of Stewardship. Stewardship defined as “responsibly managing what others have entrusted to our care.” Today, Stewardship failure on a far broader basis is contributing to other societal challenges, like:
But these crises can be mitigated, and possibly averted, if we collectively to act like responsible stewards and demonstrate more consistently stewardship behaviors Purposefulness, Humility, Accountability, Foresight, Integrity.
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