The Wellington Group at Morgan Stanley

As a founder of The Wellington Group at Morgan Stanley, for almost three decades, Charles has run a successful financial planning-based wealth management practice that truly focuses on making a positive impact on the financial well-being of his clients. On the team, he specializes in designing, constructing, and actively managing sophisticated multi-strategy global investment portfolios, that have typically outperformed benchmarks over the long term with lower beta or volatility parameters. While at the same time, he has been able to direct millions of dollars to innovative projects that are designed to have a positive long-term impact on the world.

Over the years, Charles has worked very closely with very successful families that have truly shared in his passion for helping others and the world around them. Through this experience, he has developed a deep knowledge and understanding of the specific challenges and opportunities that come with your various stages of financial success. This has uniquely equipped him to help you navigate the changing landscape of your financial life—from developing and growing your finances or business, all the way through to selling or exiting and transitioning to retirement. Charles’ experience, his financial planning-based approach to wealth management, along with his deep understanding of human psychology, takes into account every aspect of your personal and financial life, so you can make educated, confident decisions that can lead to a higher probability of achieving long-term financial success and peace of mind.

Charles began his career as an investment banker on Wall Street back in 1996. From there he transitioned to working with some of the largest financial institutions in the world from both an individual advisory, and corporate standpoint. This diversity of financial industry exposure gives him a unique lens that allows him to leverage a powerful combination of institutional, portfolio management, financial planning, and wealth management experience to the benefit of his clients.

Charles has lived in Naples, Florida with his family for over 17 years. An active member of the community, in addition to financial support for many wonderful charitable organizations, he currently serves on the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Collier County, The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Parkinson's Association of SWFL, and The Gulf Coast High School Marching Band. Additionally, as a member of the clinical operations committee at The David Lawrence Center.

As a founding member of The Wellington Group at Morgan Stanley, I will work diligently to pull together the experience of the team, and the world class resources Of Morgan Stanley to help you achieve your goals for today, and your milestones for tomorrow.

Having helped guide clients through various economic cycles for over 20 years, I focus on working with high net worth investors.  I work diligently in the design, implementation, and pro-active management of high quality blue chip individual stock portfolios, concentrated stock positions, and professional money management. 

 As the team’s Fixed Income professional, I proactively build individual tax free municipal and corporate bond ladders. Seeking to mitigate risk, we individually select and control the maturity, credit quality, and revenue source of each individual bond in your portfolio.

Formerly in my career, I was an A.G .Edwards veteran advisor and a US Merchant Marine Lieutenant out of Ft. Schuyler, Bronx N.Y.

As a founder of The Wellington Group, I can assure you our client first philosophy enables us to focus on your unique needs, to help you create a legacy that will guide you positively into the future, and for generations to come.

As the ship captains of old would say… You can’t predict the weather. But you can build a ship strong enough to carry you safely through the storms, and bring you comfortably into port.  That philosophy still holds true today in both sailing and navigating the markets.  

As our motto says:

“ You manage your life, we’ll manage your finances.”

As a founding member of The Wellington Group at Morgan Stanley, I help our clients tailor proactive financial strategies that are designed to comfortably and confidently carry them through any economic cycle and life transition.

As the team’s Insurance Planning Director, I serve as the team's primary resource to help customize solutions which may be used to help enhance and protect retirement cash flows, long-term care funding, charitable giving, and legacy planning. In my role, I strive to make sure that any insurance policies in place will help the client meet their objectives without any surprises down the road. I work with my team to make sure that any insurance strategies serve to compliment other assets and the client’s long-term objectives in accordance with the client’s financial plan. Sometimes this involves educating clients about their options and implementing solutions. Often, simply reviewing existing plans to make sure they will actually meet the client’s expectations is part of the financial planning process that I assist with.

I achieved a professional designation in the field of long-term care, Certified in Long-Term Care Specialist (CLTC) because I have had extensive personal experience with elderly family members who have needed care, and the importance of planning ahead for this phase of life has become very near and dear to me. Throughout my career, I have seen what a significant difference it can make not only for our clients, but for their families. I am so proud to be a part of providing that solution and peace of mind.

As a Certified Exit Planning Director (CEPA), I focus on helping a business owner drive value within their business and then eventually, capitalize on that increased value as they think about their next chapter. A business owner’s greatest asset is typically the business itself. It is critical for a business owner to maximize and harvest that wealth. A business owner’s business and personal finances are tightly intertwined, so I strive to add value to both by introducing concepts to reduce risk and increase value long before the business owner has likely even thought about exiting or transitioning the business in any way.

Our team’s holistic approach ensures that clients receive comprehensive advice tailored to their unique financial goals and life circumstances. Our success is driven by our client-centric philosophy, focusing on long-term relationships and trust. I love working with our clients and their families to give them the highest level of confidence in their financial plans year over year, with a blend of expertise, integrity and personalized solutions.

I began working with the Wellington Group at Morgan Stanley back in 2018. As the team’s alternative investments director, I have specific experience and expertise in the vast array of alternative investments that are offered here at Morgan Stanley. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, I began my experience in this specialization while working for a private family office assisting in analysis and management of their large-scale private equity portfolio.