Edward Sarraf is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He collaborates with a team of wealth-management professionals to provide a broad range of financial strategies aimed at high net worth individuals and businesses. His comprehensive approach to wealth management encompasses investing, estate planning strategies, retirement planning strategies, concentrated stock positions, alternative investments, life insurance, and corporate relationship management.
Ed earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Personnel Management from the University of Arizona Business School in 1991. He began his financial services career with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 1992 as a 401(k) representative at the World Financial Center in Manhattan, NY. After nine years working as a NASDAQ and hedge-fund trader, he returned to Merrill Lynch in 2004. Ed holds several professional designations, including CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Benefits Consultant (RBC).
Residing in North Scottsdale with his wife and daughter, Ed is an active member of the Senior Business to Business Networking group. In his spare time, he enjoys playing recreational ice hockey, a long-standing personal interest.