Holly M. Knott Promoted to VP, Wealth Management Planning Officer

Washington Trust is pleased to announce that Holly M. Knott has been promoted to the role of Vice President and Wealth Management Planning Officer. In her role, Holly serves the investment, trust, and estate planning needs of her clients – working with emerging investors as well as high net worth clientele throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut.

Holly has been with The Washington Trust Company for more than 15 years, joining the Wealth Management division in 2014 as Assistant Vice President and Wealth Planning Officer. She holds her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rhode Island and has completed the Certified Financial Planning program at Bryant University. Holly serves on the Board of Directors for the Estate and Tax Planning Council of Southeastern CT, Canonchet Cliffs Senior Housing, the Development Committee for the Community Foundation of Eastern CT, and the Affordable Housing Committee for the town of Richmond, RI.

"We are very glad to announce Holly's promotion to Vice President,” said Mark Gim, Senior Executive Vice President, Washington Trust Wealth Management and Treasurer. “It recognizes her commitment to helping her clients, and to the continued development and growth of Washington Trust Wealth Management, which surpassed the $6 billion mark for assets under administration in 2016."

About Washington Trust Wealth Management
Washington Trust Wealth Management is one of the premier wealth management firms in the Northeast, providing financial planning, asset management and trust and estate planning services to high-net-worth clients, endowments, foundations, retirement plan sponsors and other institutional investors for more than a century. Washington Trust Wealth Management has more than $5.7 billion in assets under administration. It provides services through its offices in Rhode Island (Providence, Westerly, and Narragansett) and through its registered investment advisers, Weston Financial Group, Inc. in Wellesley, Massachusetts and Halsey Associates, Inc. in New Haven, Connecticut. Washington Trust Wealth Management is a division of The Washington Trust Company, a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ OMX®: WASH).