Fiduciary Trust Welcomes Christine Brown as Trust Counsel and Managing Director Serving Clients in Northern California
June 04 2019 - 12:08PM
Fiduciary Trust Company International, a global wealth manager and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton, announces that
Christine Brown has joined the firm as trust counsel and managing
director dedicated to providing fiduciary and wealth planning
advice to clients in Northern California.
“We have been providing exemplary service to our clientele in
Northern California for nearly 20 years, and our ongoing expansion
in this region is a testament to the level of care, collaboration,
and customization we provide to local individuals and families
seeking to grow, preserve, and extend their wealth to future
generations,” said Lawrence A. Sternkopf, president and chief
operating officer of Fiduciary Trust Company International.
“Christine’s vast wealth planning expertise will help us further
diversify the value we deliver as fiduciaries to new and existing
clients across the region.”
Ms. Brown possesses more than 15 years of experience advising
high-net-worth individuals and families in Northern California on
all areas of estate planning, wealth transfer, and philanthropy.
She was most recently a San Francisco-based executive director and
senior wealth strategist in the Western division of UBS Financial
Services, where she acted as a wealth planning consultant to
high-net-worth families and partnered with financial advisors to
deliver strategies designed to meet each client’s goals. Ms. Brown
was previously a West Coast director and wealth strategist for
Credit Suisse Securities (USA), where she served as the estate
planning specialist for the firm’s wealthiest families.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Brown was counsel in the private
clients, trusts, and estates group at Schiff Hardin LLP, advising
wealthy families on estate and gift tax planning strategies. She
also founded her own law firm focusing on estate planning, probate,
and trust administration matters.
“Fiduciary Trust takes a team approach to identifying,
executing, and customizing the most appropriate wealth and legacy
planning strategy for every client,” said Suzanne E. Kline,
Fiduciary Trust Company International’s regional managing director
for Northern California. “We look forward to working with Christine
to find and implement the right solutions for multiple generations
of families throughout Northern California and to provide
high-quality advice that is in each client’s best interest.”
Ms. Brown is a member of the trusts and estates section of the
San Francisco Estate Planning Council. She earned her juris doctor
from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and graduated cum
laude from Michigan State University with a bachelor-of-arts in
social science and psychology.
About Fiduciary TrustFiduciary Trust Company
International, a global wealth management firm, has served
individuals, families, endowments and foundations since 1931. With
over $75 billion in assets under administration and management as
of March 31, 2019, the firm specializes in strategic wealth
planning, investment management and trust and estate services, as
well as tax and custody services. The firm and its subsidiaries
maintain offices in New York, NY, Coral Gables, FL, Boca Raton, FL,
St. Petersburg, FL, Los Angeles, CA, San Mateo, CA, Washington, DC,
Wilmington, DE, and Arlington, VA. For more information, please
visit fiduciarytrust.com, and for the latest updates, follow
Fiduciary Trust on LinkedIn and Twitter: @FiduciaryTrust.
About Franklin TempletonFranklin Resources,
Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization
operating as Franklin Templeton. Franklin Templeton’s goal is
to deliver better outcomes by providing global and domestic
investment management to retail, institutional and sovereign wealth
clients in over 170 countries. Through specialized teams, the
Company has expertise across all asset classes, including equity,
fixed income, alternatives and custom multi-asset solutions. The
Company’s more than 600 investment professionals are supported by
its integrated, worldwide team of risk management professionals and
global trading desk network. With employees in over 30
countries, the California-based company has more than 70 years of
investment experience and over US$720 billion in assets under
management as of April 30, 2019. For more information, please
visit franklintempleton.com.
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Contacts:
- Rebecca Radosevich:
212-632-3207rebecca.radosevich@franklintempleton.com
- Laura Simpson:
973-850-7319lsimpson@jconnelly.com
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