Experience

Brendan Graham is an Executive Director and the Market Executive for the Mid-Atlantic Market at UBS. He is responsible for 11 branch offices and currently oversees approximately 255 financial advisors. The business encompasses the High Net Worth and Ultra High Net Worth segments in Washington, D.C., Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. He is based in Washington, D.C.

In his role as Market Executive, Brendan brings together the firm’s best-in-class resources, talent, and capabilities to create and sustain success for clients in the Americas. By combining the client focus of a boutique firm with the footprint, strength, and expertise of the world’s only truly global wealth manager, UBS is committed to being the office of choice for high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients and the financial advisors who serve them.

Brendan’s career at UBS began in 2012 in the firm’s Graduate Talent Program. After two years of rotating through various areas of the firm, he took on his first assignment as a strategist on the Private Wealth Management Leadership Team. Four years later, he began his field management career as an Assistant Market Head, where he served for two years before becoming Branch Manager of the Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Hunt Valley, and Charlotte PWM offices. He was appointed Market Director of the Washington, D.C. wealth management business in 2023, where he was responsible for leading Washington, D.C. Wealth Management and co-leading Private Wealth Management as the Market Director.

Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., Brendan graduated magna cum laude with honors in business from Tulane University. He holds his Series 7, Series 66, Series 9, Series 10, and Series 3 licenses with FINRA. Outside of the office, Brendan currently serves as the chair of the finance committee for Washington Project for the Arts, a nonprofit arts organization founded in 1975 and dedicated to supporting artists in the Washington, D.C. area. He is also the national executive sponsor for the UBS Young Professionals Network.

Brendan and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Bethesda, Maryland, and enjoy playing tennis, golf, reading, and trying out new restaurants in their spare time.

Tara has been in the industry for over 25 years.  Prior to joining UBS, she spent several years at Wells Fargo where she worked in support and management roles, with her most recent as Assistant Field Support Manager.  She also spent several years at Merrill Lynch in various roles.    

She graduated from Baruch College with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance and Investments.  Tara holds the FINRA Series 7, 63, 66 and 9/10 licenses.  She also holds the New Jersey Life and Health Insurance Licenses.

Tara lives in East Brunswick with her husband Andre and their children, Marcus, Adam and Tiffany.