Robert G Dibley
Wealth Management Advisor
Professional
I began my career in Finance with the British Army serving with the Royal Army Pay Corps. After several great jobs in Finance (Paymaster of 12 AD Regt., Commander Finance in the Falklands and Paymaster Katmandu) I moved into computing as it relates to finance. My final job in the British Army saw me serving with the US Army Finance Corps Regiment as British Exchange Officer in Indianapolis, where I led a division installing and training Army Finance Offices in a new computing technology linking Finance Offices worldwide with the US Army Finance Center (USAFAC) in Indianapolis.
I joined Northwestern Mutual in March of 1989 and have never looked back. I studied for, and obtained, my CLU®, ChFC® and CASL® designations and TAUGHT the Life Insurance class for the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional designation at UC Santa Barbara Extension.
I love to educate. Sales is how I made a living but educating my clients on various financial instruments is really what drives me.
Associations and Memberships
- Member of Rotary Club of Grand Rapids, MI
- Board Member of Hinchee Homes in Santa Barbara (two homes for the disabled)
- Past President Santa Barbara Estate Planning Council
- Past President NAIFA-Santa Barbara
- Member of the Santa Barbara Club
Personal
I served a full career in the British Army before retiring as a Major from the Royal Army Pay Corps (RAPC) in 1989. I saw service in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Germany, Nepal and the Falkland Islands as well as Indianapolis, where I served as the British Exchange Officer.
My experience in the Army gave me accounting expertise, as well as computer programming and systems analysis training. This has served me well in my career with Northwestern Mutual.
I live in Santa Barbara, CA. and return to Michigan often to take care of clients as frequently as possible.
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Multigenerational Planning
Estate Planning
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.

Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.

How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
