Mr. Hardee is a Senior Vice President – Financial Consultant with RBC Wealth Management since 1994.  From 1991-1994, Mr. Hardee was a Senior Vice President with Kidder Peabody.  From 1977-1991, Mr. Hardee was a Senior Vice President at Rotan Mosle/PaineWebber Inc.

In February 2011, Mr. Hardee was named as one of America's Top Advisors by Barron's Financial Weekly. He was named as a Top Advisor in 2010 as well. During his tenure at RBC Wealth Management, he has been in the top 1% of his peer group and named a member of the Chairman's Council since joining the firm. Mr. Hardee is an investment advisor representative and has served in various board capacities including investment policy and syndicate underwriting. He was also awarded designation to Reuter's AdvicePoint Top Advisors of 2008 and was named to RBC Wealth Management's Senior Portfolio Manager Group for the third consecutive year. While at Rotan Mosle, he was honored as the firm's top stock portfolio manager. While at Kidder Peabody, he was honored as a top municipal bond strategist. He currently advises/manages over $400 million in assets. Mr. Hardee's expertise is advising high net worth individuals and small to mid sized corporations. He is the Chief Investment Officer of the group.

Mr. Hardee has been recognized numerous times in the local Fort Bend Business Journal and Fort Bend Focus, offering advice on retirement planning, insurance solutions, advanced investment strategies, and estate and trust planning strategies.  He was profiled in the prestigious Research Magazine.

Mr. Hardee currently serves on the Board of Directors of Harvest Natural Resources, a NYSE listed company.  He holds an Accredited Wealth Management designation, as well as, a certification of Director Education from the NACD Corporate Directors Institute.  He is a former director of the Bank of Almeda and Gamma Biologicals.  He is also a former limited partner and advisory director of the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association and advisory finance Chairman for the Ft. Bend, Texas Independent School District.  He is an elder at Southminster Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hardee is also a member of the Exchange Club of Sugar Land. Among his charitable endeavors, Mr. Hardee is a supporter of the Boy Scouts of America, St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital, the Southminster Presbyterian School and the Fort Bend Women’s Center.

Mr. Hardee's AWM, Accredited Wealth Manager, designation is offered in conjunction with the Esperti Peterson Institute at Michigan State University. AWM certification holders have demonstrated a commitment to their trade by attending 60 hours of continuing education on subjects related to broad financial planning and family wealth transfer issues.

Professional Trustee services are offered to RBC Wealth Management clients by RBC Trust Company (Delaware) Limited (RBC Trust) and Comerica Bank & Trust, N.A., who serve as trustee. RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets Corporation and RBC Trust are subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) which operates under the brand name of RBC Financial Group. RBC Capital Markets Corporation and RBC Trust operate as separate affiliated entities and are wholly owned subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Canada. RBC Wealth Management will receive compensation in connection with offering these services. Neither RBC Wealth Management nor its Financial Advisors are able to serve as trustee. RBC Wealth Management does not provide tax or legal advice. All decisions regarding the tax or legal implications of your investments should be made in connection with your independent tax or legal advisor. 

 
Will Hardee has been
recognized by Barron's as one of the
Top 1000 Financial Advisors in the U.S.
(2010, 2011, 2012)

Mark has been helping clients weather the market cycles since March of 2008. He started in the business as a sole practitioner. He quickly saw the value in what a team could bring to his clients. Mark was offered the opportunity to begin working with the Hardee Investment Group in October 2009. He is the client relationship manager for the team. In this role, Mark assists in the generational planning for each family to make the transition of wealth easier for our clients.

Mark graduated from Sam Houston State University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance. Mark currently holds his Series 7/66 licenses, complemented by his Life and Health Insurance license. Mark has earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary^® professional designation from Fiduciary360. He has received formal training in investment fiduciary responsibility.

Mark resides with his wife, Heather, in Fort Bend County. They had the joy of welcoming their first child earlier this year. In his free time, Mark enjoys spending time with his family, working out, hunting, and he will always have his fishing pole ready.