Scott Saad is a Wealth Management Advisor and a founding partner of Saad Vannatta & Associates at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He has been with Merrill Lynch since 1992, providing services to both corporate and wealth management clients. His corporate clients receive guidance on retirement plan strategies, including vendor searches, benchmarking, fiduciary education, investment reviews, plan design, and participant education. For wealth management clients, Scott and his team offer comprehensive wealth management services tailored to physicians, business owners, executives, retirees, and high net worth individuals, with access to a range of specialists in banking, trusts, estate planning, insurance, lending, philanthropy, private finance, and family office services.
Scott has earned the internal Retirement Benefits Consultant designation and holds the Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA) designation through the National Association of Plan Advisors. He was named to the Financial Times list of 401 Top Retirement Plan Advisors in 2016 and has been recognized on the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list multiple times. The Saad Vannatta & Associates team has also received recognition on the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams list in recent years. Scott is a graduate of the University of Dayton with a B.S. in Business Administration.
He resides in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife Elizabeth and their four children. Outside of his professional work, Scott enjoys football, traveling, and spending time with his family.