Executive
S. Albert D. Hanser
Founder and Chairman
Al Hanser founded The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company (now Florida Trust Wealth Management) in 2001. His 50+ years of experience in the investment and banking industries has helped guide our firm’s vision and growth for the benefit of our clients, shareholders, employees and communities. Al has previously served as Chairman and CEO of Resource Bank and Trust Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was also Senior Executive at Dain Rausher, an investment banking firm (now RBC Wealth Management). He was Chairman, CEO, and board member of Merchant Bank (US Bank) as well as Chairman of Hanrow Financial Group, Ltd. Other business interests include his family’s ownership interest in the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team for more than 50 years. Al is Chairman Emeritus of the Charitable Foundation of the Islands, Past Board Member of LHS Foundation and Past Director of Golisano Children’s Hospital Board. He is also a former director of The Schoolhouse Theater, CROW, Sanibel-Captiva Kiwanis, Lee Health System Foundation, and past Chairman of both Cleveland Clinic Florida and University of Minnesota Hospital, as well as a number of other corporate, civic and philanthropic boards.