We Know What It’s Like to Be A Brit in the US
We’ve Walked in Your Shoes
We Are Protecting your life’s work
As British expats ourselves, we offer high-value financial planning services with deep technical expertise. This shows how we are the best place for any fellow successful British expat to seek quality advice and make the most of their time in America - and life in general.
The story of Plan First Wealth begins in 1977 when Richard’s father, Chris Taylor, started his career as a Financial Advisor in Bolton, UK. Sixteen years later, in 1993, Taylor & Taylor Financial Services Ltd was first born, also in Bolton, serving Chris’ predominantly locally based clients.
Richard started Taylor & Taylor Financial Services USA LLC in 2018. In 2019, Richard was joined by Thomas Quinn, another expatriate focused financial planner, and Martha Kern, an American CFP. With the addition of Thomas and Martha, the company really began to take shape, with each advisory team helmed by a UK qualified adviser and supported by a US CFP – an approach we believe to still be unique.
Finally in February 2022, the company changed its name to Plan First Wealth. This new name was chosen because it reflects our philosophy – planning comes first, before any investment decisions. Additionally, the name supports our transition to an enterprise business (away from Richard’s surname) which is scalable and supports long-term success.
If you are a British expatriate in America and you are looking for a partner in building wealth and security from a firm dedicated to knowing and understanding you and your unique situation, then please book a consultation.
OUR CORE VALUES
Our core values – the fundamental set of principles that guide our behavior and decisions – define our organisational culture and personality.
Our people, and by extension our culture, is our most important and valuable asset (without good people and without a good culture we cannot consistently deliver good service). We nurture it, work at it and actively look for people who are a good fit.
We subscribe to – and expect our people to subscribe to – many different values – individually and organisationally. However, our core values are non-negotiable.
Empathy
Our business is all about people – our clients and our colleagues – and we believe that treating everyone with whom we interact with empathy, compassion, sincerity, and sensitivity is critical. We put ourselves in others’ shoes and we think about things from others’ perspectives. We deeply care about our people, and we need our people to care about others also.
Humility
We are confident, but we are humble. We make mistakes, own them and learn from them. We are receptive to feedback – positive and constructive – and we are critical of ourselves and our own weaknesses. We are self-aware.
Persistence
Challenges, obstacles, and setbacks are inevitable. What defines us – as individuals and as a company – is how we respond to these challenges. In actuality, it is in the overcoming of challenges that our true path unfolds. As Marcus Aurelius said: “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” We embrace challenge.
Communication
We believe most issues arise because of poor or insufficient communication and most issues can be solved by better, more open, more honest and more frequent communication.
Meet Our Dedicated Team
President & Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Thomas is responsible for all revenue generating activities including marketing and client acquisition. He is UK qualified with the Diploma for Financial Advisers (DipFA), Managing Investments (MANI), and Pension Transfer Specialist (PETR) and US qualified via the Series 65 (US - FINRA).
Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) & Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Martha oversees and maintains the operations and compliance programs at Plan First Wealth, while also supporting client service. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and GLOBAL FINANCIAL PLANNER (GFP US) and holds the Series 6, 7 and 63 (US - FINRA).
Director of Financial Planning
Sandra works closely with clients to provide a high level of service and effective financial planning solutions for client's unique needs. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and GLOBAL FINANCIAL PLANNER (GFP US) and holds the Series 7, 63 and 66 (US - FINRA).
Let’s Talk About You – Retiring Happier.
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Together we’ll build a plan to secure your worry-free retirement.
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