Robert is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and served 45 years with NatWest Group. He was a member of the RBS International Executive Committee for 12 years, Country Head for the Group in Guernsey, Director of the Bank’s Institutional & Corporate Banking Business in Guernsey and had line management oversight of its Jurisdictional Heads in Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Luxembourg for part of that tenure. He was also a Director of the NatWest Group Global Captive Insurance Company for 12 years.

He is Chairman of the Guernsey Banking Deposit Compensation Scheme, Vice Chair of the Channel Islands Financial Services Ombudsman and a Commissioner of the Guernsey Language Commission engaged in the re-vitalisation of Guernsey's native language Guernesias. He also served a Member of the Juvenile Panel of the Guernsey Royal Court for six years.