Why I Love My Job
Working here provides me with an outlet to help people manage evolving financial risks with success. That is very satisfying. Running a very close second place to this is that HH consists of my teammates, and I get to collaborate and thrive side-by-side with them day after day, and year after year. Lastly, this is my outlet to build a professional legacy that is significant and sustainable beyond my tenure here.
Tim fosters great relationships with his clients; his objective is to assist them in all facets of their financial lives. Working with the Halbert Hargrove team, he builds and implements a disciplined, ongoing process that ensures that all the complexities inherent to his clients’ wealth are addressed. Tim has been with HH, based in our Long Beach office, since 1993. His longevity with the firm, he says, “gives me the opportunity to be a leader and play a part in developing the next generation. That’s very rewarding to me.”
Before joining HH, Tim was based in London, England, as a Founder, Principal and Director of Falcon Real Estate Investment Company, Ltd., serving institutional and individual property investors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Between 1989 and 1991, he was Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank Private Banking, overseeing private client investments in the bank’s Europe, Middle East and Africa divisions.
Tim began his career with Russell Investments, advising institutional clients on their investment portfolios. He spent three of his 11 years with Russell on a Canadian assignment in the firm’s Toronto office.
Tim is a 1977 Business Administration graduate of Pacific Lutheran University and has served on the Executive Advisory Board of PLU’s School of Business. A CPA/PFS and CGMA, he has also served in several leadership roles since 1994 at both the chapter and state levels with the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is also an active member of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. Tim was awarded the ACCREDITED INVESTMENT FIDUCIARY™ designation by the University of Pittsburgh-affiliated Center for Fiduciary Studies.
With his wife Kerry, he shares a home life with two children, a dog, two chickens, four goats, and four cats and no mice. Tim is proud of his service on the Long Beach Area Council of The Boy Scouts of America Shooting Sports Committee, as well as an Assistant Scoutmaster for his troop and a Council merit badge counselor for fishing, rifle and shotgun. An active sculler and member of the Long Beach Rowing Association, he is a past Director of the Southern California Rowing Foundation, and a gold medalist in international rowing competition. In his down time, Tim likes to row, read and drive long distances to places he’s never been.
Fun Fact
At age 24, I ran the Seattle Marathon in 2 hours, 53 minutes, automatically qualifying for Boston by finishing in under 3 hours.