Biographical Information

Robert A. Chereck
Executive Chairman & President
Southwest Securities, FSB
Robert A. Chereck was elected Executive Chairman and President of Southwest Securities, FSB in 2012. He is a respected leader in the financial industry with more than four decades of experience in all areas of commercial and consumer lending.
Prior to joining Southwest Securities, FSB, Mr. Chereck was Executive Vice President, Southwest Division Manager and Dallas Regional President with Wells Fargo Bank in Dallas. He began with Wells Fargo in 1996 when the company acquired First Interstate Bank of Texas, N.A., where Mr. Chereck served as the Group Manager overseeing all of the wholesale activities of the bank. At Wells Fargo, he was Executive Vice President and Division Manager of 11 regional banking offices in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Mr. Chereck also managed the Energy Group of Wells Fargo until 2008.
Mr. Chereck also served as President and Owner of Norwich Financial Associates, Inc., a financial services and consulting company in Dallas, and as Managing Director of Mason Best Company, a privately held merchant banking firm.
Mr. Chereck began his career with InterFirst Bank Dallas, where he served in a variety of senior-level positions, including Executive Vice President managing the Dallas Corporate Division.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Master of Business Administration in finance and accounting from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mr. Chereck serves on the boards of directors of several organizations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Children’s Medical Center and Chairman Elect of the Dallas Citizens Council. He is Past Chairman of the Dallas Regional Chamber and serves on the Board’s Executive Committee. Mr. Chereck has also served three terms on the City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation and was a member of the Downtown Dallas Association Board. In addition, he is a member of the Advisory Council for the University of Texas McCombs Business School.