Russell Sanders

Managing Director Business Transition Advisory

Russell Sanders is a Managing Director in Truist’s Strategic Client Group, advising clients on a wide range of issues related to their business and family planning goals.

Prior to his current role, Russell was a member of GenSpring Family Offices and has extensive experience working with ultra-high-net-worth families and family offices to ensure that all aspects of family’s wealth management plans are implemented.

Before working at GenSpring, Russell was an executive director in Ernst & Young’s private client services group, where he provided objective advice to clients and family offices on a variety of matters, including estate and gift tax planning, income tax planning, philanthropic endeavors, risk management, and family dynamics and governance. He's also worked as a senior wealth strategist with Goldman Sachs, a wealth advisor at Legg Mason, and as a technical resource in KPMG’s national tax office based in Washington, D.C.