Brandon Billings is a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He takes a comprehensive approach to financial planning by integrating all aspects of a client's financial life, aligning financial decisions with their values, lifestyle, and long-term aspirations. His work encompasses investments, taxes, estate planning, risk management, cash flow, and goal setting.
Brandon's expertise includes divorce transition planning, family wealth management strategies, institutional investment consulting, retirement income planning, and special needs planning strategies. He began his financial advisory career in response to witnessing colleagues and friends experience job loss without financial plans during the oil industry downturn of 2014-2015. Since then, he has focused on serving clients across various needs regardless of their asset size, acquiring professional designations such as CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP), CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist (CRPS), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA).
Brandon holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of La Verne and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Arizona. He is involved in community organizations including Amelia Molloy's Angels, Kern Economic Development Foundation, and Patriots of Kern. Outside of work, his personal interests include camping, cooking, fishing, golfing, hiking, hunting, surfing, and traveling.