The Dyer Team
Merrill Private Wealth Management
1 Bryant Park
Floor 28
New York, NY 10036
(212) 418.2857
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Mission Statement
We work for clients and their families to organize, educate, advise and execute all aspects of their financial lives, so they can focus on what is important to them, achieve their goals and live their lives.
Welcome

Managing your wealth begins with a deep understanding of your full financial picture. Based on what matters most to you, I can help create a strategy as flexible as today's changing market conditions, and I can provide access to the investment insights of Merrill and the banking convenience and lending solutions of Bank of America. I will work to help you pursue your goals through personalized wealth management strategies.

Recognition
Robert Dyer
Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2018-2023
(Published annually Jan – April. Rankings based on data as of June 30 of prior year.)
Barron's "America's Top 1200 Financial Advisors State-by-State", 2017-2024
(Published annually in March. Rankings based on data as of September 30 of prior year.)
The Dyer Team
Barron’s “Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams”, 2024
(Published on May 10, 2024. Rankings based on data as of December 31, 2023.)
Our Approach
Different by Design

At The Dyer Team, we appreciate the intense tenor of modern life—and we're up to the challenge of clarifying and smoothing a path forward for clients and their families. We advise wealth creators – busy and dynamic individuals who have complex financial lives, multiple demands on their time, and high standards of excellence.

These clients recognize that their financial lives need foundational organization and analysis, clarity, and strategic direction. Typically, they are senior executives, wealthy families, entrepreneurs, or financial-industry principals who are knowledgeable and sophisticated, but don't have time to distill the many decision points that significant wealth can entail.

We work to make life easier for these clients and their families. Through transparent advice, in-depth analysis, and ongoing diligence, we strive to enhance their lives – financial and nonfinancial—so that they can pursue their aspirations and objectives with purpose and confidence.

Our team offers access to a suite of family office services, coordinated with the clarity and insight gained from an ingrained understanding of the people we serve. That directness, we believe, advances client objectives more effectively, heightening our impact and providing clients with a single, reliable resource to get things done.

Meet Our Team
Robert Dyer
Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
212.418.2857
Matthew Gatto,

CPFA™, CPWA®

Managing Director, Private Wealth Manager
212.418.2854
Robert Bestwick,

CPWA®, RMA®

Senior Vice President, Private Wealth Advisor
212.680.5949
Joseph M. Pirrone,

CIMA®

First Vice President, Private Wealth Senior Relationship Manager
212.418.2863
Valerica Nistor,

CRPC™

Vice President, Private Wealth Senior Relationship Manager
212.680.5936
Suhaila Palumbo,

CRPC™

Assistant Vice President, Private Wealth Relationship Manager
212.418.2851
Alexander Rosenfield,

CIMA®

Private Wealth Relationship Manager
212.418.2822
Matthew J Galvan,

CFA

Assistant Vice President, Private Wealth Senior Investment Manager
212.418.2855
Erin Byer,

CRPC™

Vice President, Private Wealth Senior Business Manager
212.418.2856
Tami Uthman
Officer, Private Wealth Client Associate
212.418.2852
Mairam Diaz
Private Wealth Client Associate
212.680.5974
Yamilky Vicente
Private Wealth Client Associate
212.680.5950
Kali  Williams
Kali Williams
Private Wealth Client Associate
212.418.2898
Taylor Ferry
Registered Private Wealth Client Associate
212.680.5976
Anthony Shropshire,

CEPA®, CPFA™, CPWA®, SE-AWMA™

Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
212.415.8841
Anthony Brigode
Private Wealth Manager
212.680.5973
Edward Laux
Assistant Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
203.861.5954
Additional Resources
The following specialists do not make securities recommendations. Please contact your Merrill Private Wealth Management Advisor if you have questions about how a specialist might be able to assist you.
Kurt A. Niemeyer
National Structured Credit Executive
Bank of America, N.A.
Dina Friedman
Private Wealth Strategies Advisor
John Grassia
Senior Structured Credit Executive
Bank of America, N.A.
About Private Wealth

Looking at your wealth from every angle
Navigating complex wealth requires more than making investing decisions. It takes a trusted confidante who can help you step back and see the big picture. Your Merrill Private Wealth advisor is that steadfast guide — advocating for you, your family, and the people and causes you care about. Working together, we can help with strategies designed to grow, sustain and transfer your wealth to amplify the impact at every step of life's journey with insight, simplicity, perspective and solutions. Find out what it's like to work with us.

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Investments & Wealth Institute™ (The Institute) is the owner of the certification marks CPWA® and Certified Private Wealth Advisor®. Use of CPWA®, and/or Certified Private Wealth Advisor® signifies that the user has successfully completed the Institute’s initial and ongoing credentialing requirements for wealth advisors.
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