About John Coleman
Professional Experience:
I've always been fascinated by financial markets and that passion has fueled my Wealth Advisory practice for more than 30 years.
My financial services career began as an investment analyst in Bank of America’s World Banking Division. It was a job that came naturally to me because international economics and foreign markets have been firing my imagination since high school when I moved to what is now Croatia for a year with my father who was stationed there with the UN.
Since I became a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley’s predecessor firm in 1985, I’ve incorporated international investments into my clients’ portfolio strategies. As markets are complex, influenced by trends and events that aren’t always reported here, I realized full-time investment managers concentrating in these areas would provide my clients with a greater opportunity for success.
I earned the prestigious Certified Investment Management Analyst® designation via the Wharton School of Senior Consultant credential through Morgan Stanley to help me go beyond investment performance when evaluating managers for my clients’ portfolios.
Personal Experience:
While living abroad, I discovered the Baha’i Faith with its emphasis on the unity of mankind and elimination of prejudice worldwide. I currently serve as Chairperson of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Burlingame.
On a less spiritual note, I’m a past president of the Burlingame Lions Club, and I’ve run the Lions Basketball Tournament for the past 25 years to fund athletics at Burlingame High School. In addition, I coached my kids’ basketball teams for eight years while they were young and served on the Board of the Burlingame Library Foundation.
I’m a graduate of The University of Maryland with a BA in Economics. I also received an MA in Business Economics from The University of California, Santa Barbara. My wife Shirin and I have four grown children who live all over the country since graduating from college. Shirin and I reside in Burlingame.
Securities Agent: NM, SC, HI, SD, CT, OR, GA, CA, VA, TX, MA, ID, DC, AZ, TN, MI, NY, WA, NC, CO; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Transactional Futures/Commodities; Managed Futures
NMLS#: 1279153
CA Insurance License #: 0A10376