RBC Wealth Management names Sears director of Syracuse branch

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — RBC Wealth Management announced it has appointed Brewster Sears as the new branch director of its Syracuse–area office.

RBC’s Syracuse branch is part of its Rochester complex, which includes offices in Watertown, Rochester, Buffalo, and the Albany region. The Syracuse office, located at 5790 Widewaters Parkway in DeWitt, has 11 employees, according to Sam Conde, branch-service manager at RBC. He says seven of the employees are financial advisors, including Sears.

Sears first joined the Syracuse–area office as a financial advisor in 2004. He has 27 years of experience in the financial-services industry, according to a news release from RBC Wealth Management.

“Brewster is a seasoned professional who has great insight into what makes a successful financial advisor,” the firm’s Rochester complex director, Erik Hartmann, said in the release. “His industry knowledge and leadership skills make him a great fit to lead the Syracuse office.”

RBC Wealth Management is a division of the investment bank RBC Capital Markets, LLC, which is part of the Royal Bank of Canada. RBC Wealth Management has more than $281 billion in assets under administration and nearly 2,000 financial advisors, operating in 200 offices in 41 states.