Alan S. Fields

Managing Director

Alan Fields is a senior client relationship manager in CIBC Private Wealth’s Boston office, with more than 50 years of experience serving high net worth and eleemosynary clients.​

In this role, he is responsible for helping individuals, families, foundations and endowments define their financial and investment goals and implement strategies to reach them. He also serves as a member of CIBC Private Wealth’s Asset Allocation Committee, as well as chairman of its Multi-Manager Investment Team.​

Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Alan served as chairman of the Private Client Group at Harbor Capital Management, a company he founded in 1979. Previously, he served as an officer and portfolio manager with Phoenix Investment Counsel of Boston. Prior to joining Phoenix, Alan served as a portfolio manager with Hornblower Asset Management. He began his career as a research analyst with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company.​

He received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he currently serves as a director of the UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Jewish Studies and is a former member of the Board of Visitors.​

Alan is also an active member of the Boston community. He serves as director of the Josiah W. Hayden Recreational Centre, chairman of the Lexington Public Trusts, a member of the Investment Committee of the Town of Lexington Pension Fund and Retirement Board, and as a member of the Boston Committee on Foreign Relations. Additionally, Alan is a former member of the Investment Committees of Wellesley College and of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies.​

In 2015, he was honored with a CIBC Best Mentor/Role Model Achievers Award.