Robert Hau, Bus Ad ’87, was elected to the Marquette University Board of Trustees in 2025.

He has more than 35 years of experience in business and financial leadership roles. Hau served as chief financial officer of Fiserv Inc. from 2016 to 2025. During that time the company grew from $5.5 billion in annual revenue to $19 billion in 2024. Hau was instrumental in the combination of Fiserv and First Data Corp. in 2019, which transformed Fiserv into one of the world’s leading payment and financial technology providers serving financial institutions, corporate and merchant clients, and consumers globally.

Before joining Fiserv, Hau was CFO of TE Connectivity Ltd., a $12 billion global product technology company, and Lennox International Inc. He also spent 22 years at Honeywell International Inc. in a variety of financial and operational leadership roles, including serving as chief financial officer of its Aerospace Business Group, Specialty Materials Business Group and Aerospace Electronic Systems Unit.

Hau is a member of the board of directors of OpenText and of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce. He is also a member of the Greater Milwaukee Committee and the Marquette College of Business Administration Department of Finance Advisory Board. He was named the College of Business Administration Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 2023.

Bob and his wife, Chris (Arts ’87), co-chair the Marquette President's Advisory Council and reside in Mequon, Wisconsin, with their two boys. Four of their six adult daughters live in the Milwaukee area; three are graduates of Marquette.