Robert A. Sherman

Career

Law career Sherman worked in private practice as an attorney at a small Boston firm during the 1980s, as well as at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, LLC., in the 1990s. In 1993, Sherman then served as a special counsel for the state attorney general.

Sherman was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in January 2013.

Sherman has served as a board member of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Children's Trust Fund. He has also been co-chair of the Boston Arts Academy Annual Gala Benefit and the Boston CURE Gala for the Epilepsy Foundation. The United States Senate confirmed Sherman by voice vote in February 2014.

Sherman presented his credentials to the President of the Portuguese Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, in Lisbon on May 3, 2014.

Sherman's first official act as ambassador was speaking at the Carlucci American International School of Lisbon for the graduation of its senior class on 1 June 2014.

Ambassador Sherman became notable for his enthusiastic support of the Portugal national football team during the 2016 UEFA European Championship. He uploaded several humorous videos to social media featuring himself draped on the Portuguese flag and wearing the team jersey and holding bets with U.S. ambassadors in other countries.

Shortly after his ambassadorship, he was awarded the Order of Prince Henry by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, during a ceremony at the Hall of Ambassadors, in Belém Palace. The Portuguese President remarked that "by definition, the North American Ambassadors are always magnificent Ambassadors, but [Sherman] was, if that is possible, more magnificent than the magnificent."

Novo Banco On October 13, 2017, Lone Star Funds, owner of 75% of the bank Novo Banco, announced Sherman would become a member of the General and Supervising Committee of the latter.

Currently

Sherman is a senior advisor and advisory board member at Rasky Partners.

Honours

80px Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Portugal (March 10, 2017).