John Combias, CFP^®

Designations and licenses

John is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional.

Experience and education

John provides personalized wealth management solutions for affluent families, individual retired clients, corporate executives and business owners. He works with clients to set goals and then designs, implements and monitors customized plans to help them reach their goals. In addition, he provides directional leadership to the advisors and associates in our Chatham office.

Prior to joining Mariner, John was the founder of FCG Advisors and served as a managing director for over 25 years. Prior to that, he held roles at Merrill Lynch where he discovered most of his clients’ needs were complex and required more comprehensive goal-driven strategies rather than simply providing asset allocation.

John has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont.

Personal interests

He and his wife Lilly are longtime residents of Madison, NJ. John has served as a board member for several nonprofits and is currently the trustee of the Belle Buoy Foundation and Manager of the Kaplan Sisters Foundation.

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Center for Financial Planning, Inc. owns and licenses the certification marks CFP^®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^®, and CFP^® (with plaque design) in the United States to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., which authorizes individuals who successfully complete the organization’s initial and ongoing certification requirements to use the certification marks.