Walter Cook

Walter R.
Cook is the founder of Republic Federal Bank, NA (Miami, Florida) which was founded in 1979.
He held the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 1979 to 2010.
Currently, Mr. Cook is a Managing Director at Tangent Capital Partners LLC since 2016 and an Independent Director at Aquarius I Acquisition Corp.
since 2021.
In the past, he held the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Republic Federal Bancorp, Inc. from 2003 to 2010.
He was also a Chairman at First Republic Securities Co. LLC, a Director at Privee LLC, an Independent Director at Proficient Alpha Acquisition Corp.
from 2018 to 2020, an Independent Director at Lion Group Holding Ltd., an Executive President at First Republic Bank (San Francisco, California), and a Principal at Republic Bank of New York.
Mr. Cook received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1976, his MBA degree from Harvard University in 1982, and his graduate degree from Tufts University in 1978.