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Elaine King, MBA, CFP®, CDFA™ Provides families with planning strategies by helping clients understand, organize and manage their wealth around an actionable strategy. Her multi-faceted role includes advising on retirement planning, saving for educational needs, estate planning, family meetings and financial competency programs for children & women.

Ms. King has worked and studied in Austria, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Peru and throughout the United States. Prior to joining Bessemer Trust, she was LFG’s Managing Director of Wealth Planning. She also created and directed the Wealth and Well-Being Institute at Gibraltar Private, a multi-family office platform for high net worth families. Elaine also worked as Investment Manager for The Royal Bank of Scotland (US division) $8 billion investment advisory group. In a similar role at Citigroup, Ms. King was Sales Manager for a $13 billion investment advisory service.

Elaine has an International Business degree from St. Mary’s University and an International MBA from Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, ranked #1 in the world by the Financial Times. She also completed the Graduate Program at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Georgetown. Elaine is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator, a Certified Financial Planner® professional and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™. She is the Chairman for the Financial Planning Association in Miami, the CFP Board Ambassador and a member of the Board of Directors of the Family Collaborative Law Institute.

Elaine is the author of the award winning book “Family and Money Matters” and “La Familia y El Dinero”. She has appeared in PBS, CBS, Univision, quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The Journal of Financial Planning, Time Magazine, Smart Money Magazine, Business Week, Financial Advisor, The Financial Planning Magazine, Hispanic Business, and other international news organizations. Ms. King supports CIMA, a shelter for homeless children, in her native Peru.