Avantax Appoints Melissa Loner as Chief Compliance Officer
09 February 2023 - 1:15AM
Avantax®, a leader in tax-focused financial planning, today
announced the appointment of Melissa Loner, AIF® as Vice President
and Chief Compliance Officer.
With more than 25 years of experience in the
financial services industry, Loner has worked as a financial
planner in addition to numerous corporate leadership roles. She has
spent a significant portion of her career in the Home Office of
various independent firms, working in due diligence, marketing,
transitions, operations, supervision, compliance, and fiduciary
services.
“I am pleased to welcome Melissa who joins an
energized Avantax leadership team committed to creating value for
our Financial Professionals, CPA firms, Home Office staff, and
investors,” said Chris Walters, CEO of Avantax, Inc. “Melissa’s
extensive experience with advisory services and the broker-dealer
space positions her well to support our Financial Professionals’
operations and adherence to regulatory policies and
procedures.”
Loner joins Avantax from Premier Wealth Management®
where she was Executive Vice President, Advisor Services;
previously, Loner was Vice President, Fiduciary Services and RIA
Chief Compliance Officer, for Cambridge Investment Research,
Inc.
In addition to earning an MBA from American
Military University, Loner holds FINRA Series 4, 6, 7, 24, 53, 63,
65 licenses, as well as an AIF® designation. She is a member and on
the Board of Director (2023 Chair-Elect) of the National Society of
Compliance Professionals (NSCP), a member of the Women in Insurance
and Financial Services (WIFS), and a member of NAIFA and the
Financial Services Institute (FSI).
About Avantax® Avantax, Inc.
(NASDAQ: AVTA) delivers tax-focused wealth management solutions for
Financial Professionals, tax professionals and CPA firms,
supporting our goal of minimizing clients’ tax burdens through
comprehensive tax-focused financial planning. We have two distinct,
but related, models within our business: the independent Financial
Professional model and the employee-based model. We refer to our
independent Financial Professional model as Avantax Wealth
Management®. Avantax Wealth Management offers services through
its registered broker-dealer, registered investment advisor (RIA),
and insurance agency subsidiaries and is a leading U.S. tax-focused
independent broker-dealer that works with a nationwide network of
Financial Professionals operating as independent contractors. We
refer to our employee-based model as Avantax Planning Partners℠.
Avantax Planning Partners offers services through its RIA and
insurance agency by partnering with CPA firms to provide their
consumer and small-business clients with holistic financial
planning and advisory services. Collectively, we had $73 billion in
total client assets as of September 30, 2022. For additional
information, please visit us at www.avantax.com or
www.investors.avantax.com.
Media Contacts:Tony Katsulos
Avantax(972) 870-6654tony.katsulos@avantax.com
Kendra GalanteStreetCred PR for Avantax(402)
740-2047kendra@streetcredpr.comavantax@streetcredpr.com
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