Todd M. Wickwire

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Todd Wickwire

Todd is a Managing Director and Head of Strategic initiatives for Homrich Berg.  Prior to this, Todd was CEO of WMS Partners, a multi-family office based in Baltimore, Maryland that merged with Homrich Berg in January of 2025.  Before beginning his career in wealth management in 2019, Todd enjoyed a three-decade career in investment banking, holding senior positions across a variety of departments, including mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, institutional sales & trading, and research. Todd began his career as an investment banker at Alex. Brown & Sons before joining Wells Fargo Securities as Head of Equity Capital Markets and ultimately assuming the role of Director of US Equity Research.  While at Wells, Todd was chairman of the firm’s equity transaction screening committee and a voting member of the firm’s equity underwriting commitment committee.

Todd graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Franklin & Marshall College and earned his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

 

AFTER ALMOST THREE DECADES ON WALL STREET WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO JOIN WMS PARTNERS?

I started my career at Alex. Brown & Sons shortly after the company changed from a partnership to a publicly-traded corporation.  I was fortunate to be surrounded by senior leaders who had been with the firm for decades and, despite the new ownership structure, still behaved as partners.   That concept of “partnership” behavior has stayed with me throughout my career and I try to bring that approach to the job every single day.  As Wall Street has grown more complex and products seem to have become more important than people, I realized how much I missed that sense of partnership.I knew of WMS Partners and their excellent reputation in the market.  But when I met the team, I immediately recognized their partnership approach, where an individual puts their clients, their firm, and their colleagues ahead of themselves.  I joined WMS to get back to the sense of partnership I missed so much.

ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS?

In 1999, I left Alex. Brown & Sons and walked across the street with a few colleagues to jumpstart First Union’s (now Wells Fargo) equity capital markets effort. Over the following 20 years, in the face of many doubters, we grew the business substantially, putting our market share within the top ten on Wall Street.

WHAT DO YOU LOVE TO DO OUTSIDE OF WORK?

My wife Brenda and I are blessed with wonderful, healthy children. We try to spend as much time with them as their busy schedules permit. But with all the kids now out of the house, my wife and I are mostly occupied with three unruly Boxers. Anyone who is familiar with the breed knows that Boxers are a full time job! When not spending time with our children (both human and canine), we also enjoy boating and being out on the beautiful waters of the Chesapeake Bay.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE?

Just after college, my family, along with my aunt and cousins, traveled on an extended trip throughout Europe. Experiencing so many new and varied cultures is such a wonderful thing. Doing it with the most important people in your life is beyond memorable. Although 30 years have passed since that trip, we still talk about it to this day!