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Robert Smithwick, III

Principal and Director of Client Development

Robin has served as a Principal of Diversified Trust since 1995. He assumed the role of Director of Client Development in December 2019. From 2012 through 2019 he was Managing Principal of the Memphis office. His responsibilities include leading the business development efforts of Diversified Trust, as well as serving clients . Robin is a member of the firm’s Executive Management Team and its Investment Committee. Prior to joining Diversified Trust in 1995, he spent ten years as a financial advisor with Morgan Keegan and was a First Vice President of the firm.

Robin graduated cum laude from Washington & Lee University with a Bachelor of Arts in History. He is a member of the Greater Memphis Chamber Chairman’s Circle, and serves as one of its Co-Chairs. Robin is a former member and past board chair of the Board of Governors of The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. He is also a former member and past board chair of the Board of Trustees of the Memphis College of Art. He previously served on the Board of Trustees of St. George’s Independent School. In addition, Robin served as President of the Mid South Chapter of the Washington & Lee Alumni Association. He is also a member of the Memphis Estate Planning Council.