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Visionary Private Wealth Advisor with three decades of experience and market knowledge

Growing up in rural Wisconsin, Tom Mahoney worked on neighboring farms lifting hay bales. He learned to think of money in terms of the labor it takes to earn it, and therefore as an irreplaceable resource. So in his first year in this business, when he watched the market fall 23% in one day, he learned immediately to expect the unexpected and that safety of principal should be his first priority. Those are his guiding principles today, 32 years later as a UBS Private Wealth Advisor and strategic thinker of The Mahoney Group.

At E.F. Hutton, Tom learned the investment management consulting business—how to select and monitor money managers. At Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), he excelled at capital markets trading and placed institutional-sized allotments of private equity. After earning the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) charter in 2001, he focused intensely on the art of capital protection and wealth management. This experience helped him understand both the practical, hands-on, capital markets side and the academic theory. 

Experience

• Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, 1995 – 2004
• Kidder Peabody, 1993 – 1995
• E.F. Hutton, 1987 – 1993

Accomplishments

• Chartered Financial Analyst^® (CFA^®)
• President of the CFA Society of Los Angeles
• Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst^SM (CAIA^®)
• Certified Exit Planning Advisor^® (CEPA^®)
• Instructor in alternative investments at USC Marshall School of Business
• Series 3 securities license (commodity and currency futures)

Education

• Private Equity and Venture Capital Program at Harvard Business School
• M.B.A., Pepperdine University
• B.B.A., Finance, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Life

• A devoted father, Tom takes his daughters to Sunday school every week and coaches their sports and debate teams.
• He is a divemaster and certified rescue diver.
• Tom is the president of a large trade association of financial analysts (CFA Society Los Angeles).

As Senior Wealth Strategy Associate for The Mahoney Group, David supports the day-to-day business activities of the team and strives to deliver quality execution of client services. He is responsible for trading, investment strategy implementation, rebalancing portfolios and preparing financial plans. While he enjoys the strategic and academic aspects of planning and managing risk to assist clients in pursuing life goals, David also digs deeper into clients' emotional connections with their wealth, and how this can impact their choices and financial decisions.

David began investing while he was in college and experienced the market crash of 1987 firsthand. His interest in the intersection of the capital markets and economics continued when he was a CPA at Ernst & Young, where he learned financial reporting and tax planning from working with some of the largest corporations. These skills allows him to look at his clients' full balance sheet, including assets, liabilities and cash flow more meticulously. His current investment process reflects those skills, as well as his 10 years of experience as an institutional research analyst and mutual fund portfolio manager.

Past Experience

• Director of portfolio management, City National Rochdale
• Senior director, portfolio management, BNY Mellon
• Certified Public Accountant, Ernst and Young

Accomplishments

• Chartered Financial Analyst^® (CFA^®)
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Series 7, 63 and 65 securities licenses
• Life insurance, health and annuities licenses

Education

• B.A., economics, UCLA

Life

• David enjoys spending time with family and hiking in the Sierras with friends.
• He also cycles and does triathlons.

Jan joined The Mahoney Group in 2017. As the team's first point of contact with clients, she is not only an administrative manager but the chief problem-solver. Jan essentially helps all team operations run smoothly.

For over 16 years, Jan was an executive assistant for the 80-employee royal estate of HRH Prince Saud Al Faisal. In that role, Jan was the diplomatic liaison between the royal family and visiting dignitaries. All business and estate e-mails, telephone calls and personal arrivals were vetted through her for prioritization and personalized attention.

Past experience

• Executive assistant and diplomatic liaison, Prince Saud Al Faisal

Education

• • B.F.A., Stephens College, Columbia, MO

Life

• Jan has lived in some of the world's most iconic cities—New York, Chicago, Paris and now Los Angeles
• In her spare time, she performs stand-up comedy