Alexander Schneble

Managing Director, Private Wealth Management Compliance, Robert W. Baird & Co.

Alex Schneble, who has over 20 years of industry experience, has been the Director of Private Wealth Management Compliance at Baird since 2013 where he leads a team responsible for the firm’s retail brokerage and advisory compliance program. After originally starting at Baird in 2000, Alex spent 10 years at Northwestern Mutual Investment Services (“NMIS”) where he established firm policy for their broker-dealer and investment adviser and helped shape the firm’s brokerage and advisory product offerings. Alex rejoined Baird in 2011 as the Director of Regulation and Policy responsible for assessing new regulations, industry trends and disciplinary actions and leading efforts to implement the firm’s responses.

Alex is an active participant in industry peer groups and a past FINRA and SIFMA panel member. In his career he has led major efforts to address regulatory sweeps and enforcement priorities. Alex is known for partnering with the business to develop pragmatic and practical solutions to regulatory issues.