Robert F. Cummings, Jr.
Vice Chairman
Board of Directors
GRACE
Japan
Biography
Mr. Cummings has served as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co. since 2010. From 2002 to 2009, he served as a Senior Managing Director at GSC Group, Inc., a privately held money management firm. He began his business career in the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 1973 and was a partner of the firm from 1986 until his retirement in 1998. He served as an advisory director at Goldman Sachs until 2002. He is a director of Corning Inc. and Viasystems Group, Inc. He brings to the Board more than 30 years of investment banking experience advising corporate clients on financings, business development, mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic financial issues.
Research Interest
He also has significant knowledge in the areas of technology, private equity, and real estate. Mr. Cummings has substantial governance and oversight experience developed as a director of multiple public companies.​
