William Ayers

Professional Profile

William Ayers is a Senior Vice President and Private Client Advisor with Bank of America Private Bank in Melville, New York. Bill applies the knowledge he has gained through more than three decades in banking and wealth management to help families and individuals streamline the complexities of significant wealth. His extensive background in customized credit and lending facilitates his analysis of both sides of a client’s balance sheet to identify possible efficiencies.

Bill especially enjoys working with clients to anticipate key decision points in their lives and legacies and help them shape their financial future as they envision it.  As the leader of a client’s Private Bank team, he oversees the development of integrated strategies and tactics in investment management, banking and lending, trust and estate planning services, business succession, and philanthropy. He works in concert with locally based specialists to help clients identify specific financial goals and pursue them with precision and resolve.

Prior to joining the Private Bank in 2017, Bill was a senior vice president and director of relationship management at Astoria Bank, where he led a large team focused on the financing and banking needs of business owners and entrepreneurs. Previously, he spent 25 years with JP Morgan Chase, ultimately advising high-net-worth individuals and families as a private wealth manager. He began his financial services career in 1986. Bill holds an M.S. degree in accounting from Adelphi University and a B.A. in accounting from Hofstra University, although he does not provide tax advice in his role at the Private Bank.

A Long Island native, Bill is active in the community. He has served on the board of Long Island Cares, The Harry Chapin Food Bank and is currently on the board of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rockville Centre.