Mr. Phillips, team leader for the Richmond Institutional Consulting Group, has over 35 years of investment experience with UBS Financial Services Inc. (formerly PaineWebber Inc.) He is an investment advisor representative (Series 66) and a registered principal with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (Series 8). Mr. Phillips is one of a select group of 95 Institutional Consultants at UBS Financial Services Inc. He is an active member of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) and has served on its certification committee. In addition, he is an active member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Virginia (CFA Virginia) and its international affiliate, the CFA Institute. He also belongs to the Central Virginia Employee Benefits Council (CVEBC) and is an associate member of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA).
Mr. Phillips received a B.S. degree in economics from Virginia Tech and a master's degree in business from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He is past president of the VCU School of Business Alumni Board and currently serves on the VCU Business School Finance Advisory Council. In addition, he is a graduate of the New York Institute of Finance's Resident Investment Training Program and has earned the designation of Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Graduate School of Finance. He completed the CFA Institute’s 37th annual Investment Management Workshop at the Harvard Business School in July, 2005. He earned his designation of Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA) from the Center for Fiduciary Studies, a division of the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. Most recently (May, 2014), Mr. Phillips completed the Advanced Investment Strategist Certificate in Portfolio Risk Management from the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA).
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