Portrait of Robert McConnaughey, outdoors with a partly cloudy sky in the background.

Robert McConnaughey

Member

Robert McConnaughey is the Executive Vice President and Head of Advisory for Corbin Advisors, where he and his team partner with leaders of public companies to craft strategy and communications designed to catalyze sustained value creation.

Prior to joining Corbin, Robert had over two decades of experience as senior leader of some of the world’s largest investment firms, including Fidelity Investments, Prudential, Citi Asset Management, and Columbia Threadneedle Investments, where he also built out and led the global responsible investing and ESG effort.

In addition to his investing experience, Robert has worked as a committed volunteer leader and public servant focused on environmental conservation, education access, economic development, and effective government. Robert has served as the chairman of the board for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Financial Advisory Board under Governor Patrick, the Trust for Public Land-New England, and the UP Academy charter schools of Boston and Dorchester, on the boards of Jou Nouvo and Metro Lacrosse (now Harlem Lacrosse), as an investment advisor to the Northern Forest Fund, and as Deputy Commissioner/Head of Legislative, External Affairs, and Policy group within Administration and Finance for Massachusetts Governor Baker.

Robert is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received a Master’s in Environmental Management from Duke University. He resides in Cohasset, MA with his wife, Martha where they raised their three adult children. He has spent his lifetime treasuring the A.T. and its surrounding landscape as a refuge from the grind of modern life and a beautiful example of what Wallace Stegner described as “the geography of hope.”.