In September 2010 Rory joined RBS as the Chief Executive of its Wealth Management division. He is a member of the RBS Group Management Committee.
Rory joined Rowe & Pitman in 1983, working in the corporate finance department. When Big Bang occurred in 1986, Rowe & Pitman merged into SG Warburg, creating a truly integrated financial services platform. In 1995, SG Warburg then merged into Swiss Bank Corporation and Rory became Global Head of its Equity Capital Markets division.
In 1999, following a further merger, between UBS and SBC, Rory was appointed joint Global Head of Investment Banking. In 2004, he was then appointed Chairman and CEO of UBS Group across Asia Pacific, responsible for Investment Banking, Wealth Management and Asset Management. He joined the UBS Group Executive Board in 2006.