Gayle Sprute

Gayle is a Vice President and Senior Client Portfolio Manager for Washington Trust Bank’s Wealth Management & Advisory Services division in the Eastern Washington, Central Washington, and Idaho regions. Classically trained in fundamental analytic research and security selection, Gayle brings a wealth of expertise to the Investment team’s security selection and portfolio strategy construction disciplines.

As an investment professional working alongside our Relationship Managers across the Bank’s platform, she designs and implements strategic investment and risk management strategies that are customized to achieve each client’s complex financial needs and goals. Drawing on her nearly 40 years of investment industry experience, Gayle guides the development of investment objectives that are based on and appropriately aligned with risk tolerance, tax situations, time horizons, and overall long-term goals. She also works in coordination with your other advisors, including tax and legal, to ensure a holistic solution to an overall total wealth plan.

Gayle’s investment management expertise derives from her Wall Street experience. She has far-reaching industry experience that includes highly successful positions at some of Wall Street’s most respected investment banks. This experience pairs with over two decades of service within the Bank’s Wealth Management & Advisory Services team. Gayle brings her national and local expertise to the clients of Washington Trust, providing them with a highly sophisticated, custom, disciplined, and successful strategy in their portfolios.