Senior Vice President–Wealth Management
Portfolio Manager
Ben realizes his clients trust him with a position of influence with their families and his client service should reflect the respect that trust deserves. He broadened his wealth planning focus through the CPWA® designation to enhance his service by identifying and analyzing the challenges high net worth individuals face, understanding how to develop specific strategies to minimize taxes, monetize and protect assets, maximize growth and transfer wealth according to their clients’ goals and objectives. Ben serves as the head of his team and leads all business development, investment consulting, advanced planning and relationship management efforts. He believes his clients value his professionalism, resourcefulness in delivering a virtual family office experience for all generations of a family, lifelong passion and insights of the markets, and his access to the resources of the world’s largest wealth management firm.
Whether through multi-generational business or corporate executive retirement, Ben’s select clients have created substantial wealth and hope to preserve it for the next generations. As a CPWA®, he understands this experience and the values that shape it—process, discipline, hard work, and perseverance. These are the qualities he brings to relationships with his clients who hope to evolve their hard-earned success into leading lives of significance where they can have a profound impact on their families and the world at large.
Ben holds a B.S. in business administration from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado. He lives in Barrington, IL with his family. He is deeply involved various civic and charitable organizations through his local and national clients, most notably as a director for the Western Golf Association | Evans Scholars Foundation.
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Valerie has been with UBS Financial Services, Inc. for over 21 years. In that time, her main goal has been to build strong, lasting relationships with clients. During the last 9 years, she has been working with the Barrington Institutional Consulting Group. Valerie is dedicated to providing our clients with the very best of what they need.
Valerie has over 21 years of experience in financial services and holds her Series 7, 63 and 65 licenses.
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