Christopher Hayden is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He has built his career around a planning-based approach, spending over 20 years in wealth management with Merrill. His work focuses on simplifying the financial lives of successful, goal-oriented professionals and their families, helping them make confident decisions through organization, information, and disciplined execution.
Christopher's expertise includes education planning, family wealth management strategies, services for endowments, foundations, and non-profits, legacy planning, liquidity management, personal retirement planning, portfolio management, and tax minimization. His process involves assessing the financial health of households, optimizing tax efficiency in investment account structures, and aligning estate planning with long-term goals to protect clients' current and future financial well-being.
He holds a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) designation and is a Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). Christopher earned his high school diploma from Worcester Academy, a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MBA from Babson College's Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business. In addition to his professional pursuits, he is involved with the Charlestown Lacrosse & Learning Center and enjoys spending time with family, coaching youth lacrosse, and various outdoor and recreational activities.