(Term Ends: 2027)
Robert L. Reynolds serves as Secretary of the WVU Board of Governors and is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments, where he also leads the Operating Committee and serves as President of The Putnam Funds. With over 30 years in the financial services industry, Reynolds has reinvigorated Putnam through consistent investment performance, innovative product offerings for modern market challenges and thought leadership on the future of retirement and workplace savings. Widely respected as an industry statesman, he is recognized as a leader in both institutional and retail financial services innovation.
Beyond his work at Putnam, Reynolds is Chair of Great-West Lifeco U.S., a leading provider of retirement savings products, life insurance, annuities and executive benefits. Prior to joining Putnam in 2008, he served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity Investments.
Reynolds has received numerous industry honors, including Fund Leader of the Year at the 2010 Mutual Fund Industry Awards for his transformative leadership at Putnam. Under his guidance, Putnam was named Retirement Leader of the Year in 2011 for its initiatives in workplace savings. Additionally, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from PLANSPONSOR magazine for his work in popularizing employer-sponsored 401(k) plans.
Reynolds serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Concord Museum, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Foundation. He also chairs the Boston Advisory Board of the American Ireland Fund and is the National Council Co-Chair of the American Enterprise Institute. His other affiliations include the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, Chair of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, the Chief Executives Club of Boston, the Massachusetts General Hospital President’s Council, Director and former Chair of the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, former Chair of the WVU Foundation and former Executive Committee Member of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
He holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a focus in Finance from WVU, where he also received an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration and a Distinguished Alumni Award. His additional honors include the Boston College President’s Medal of Excellence, an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science from Bentley University and the De La Salle Medal from Manhattan College.