Brendan Clancy is a Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He focuses on providing clients with personalized financial advice and strategies aimed at securing their financial futures. Brendan specializes in areas such as education planning, executive compensation, family wealth management strategies, services for endowments, foundations, and non-profits, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, portfolio management services, special needs planning strategies, tax minimization, and retirement income.
Before becoming a financial advisor, Brendan gained experience as a seasonal client associate on an advisory team at Merrill, where he was involved in relationship management and deepening his understanding of the economy and investments from a wealth management perspective. Prior to that, he worked as a Production Unit Leader at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, managing multiple lines of production and assembly in Warren, Michigan.
Brendan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. He has earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., and holds the Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) designation. He is involved in community organizations including Dream Centers of Pontiac, Gleaner's Food Bank, and the Salvation Army. Brendan resides in Grosse Pointe Woods with his wife Meghan and their daughter Nora.