SIGNATURE FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Associate
• Senior Partner
• Registered Representative

Barry joined Signature Financial Services Group in 2016. Barry began his professional career in banking soon after graduation in 1971 from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he played basketball. He completed the management training program with the former Southern National Bank and graduated from the North Carolina School of Banking in Chapel Hill. He entered the insurance industry in 1980 and enjoyed a distinguished career with Jefferson-Pilot Insurance and its predecessor Pilot Life. Barry was the leading Sales Manager, nationally for 11 of his 14 years with the firm. After setting up his private practice in 1996, Barry has continued to focus on serving his many Clients. Barry is a Registered Representative with Lincoln Financial Securities. He and his wife, Amelia, reside in Greensboro, North Carolina. Barry Hopkins is a Registered Representative offering investments through Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation, Member SIPC. Lincoln Financial Services Corporation and Signature Financial Services Group, LLC are not affiliated.

Job Titles:

• Associate
• Operations Manager

Chris started his professional career in the insurance business in 1980 with Metropolitan Life. As an agent, he qualified for the most prestigious honor in the insurance business, Million Dollar Round Table, as well as Metropolitan Life's "Leader's Conference". In 1982, he was promoted to Sales Manager and soon thereafter became Agency Manager in Greensboro, N.C. Within 3 years, his organization was recognized as one of the top three in the southeast region for productivity. In 1986 he joined Jefferson-Pilot Life to manage all agent and sales management training. In 1990, after a corporate restructuring, he was assigned a new position with Jefferson-Pilot Life assisting in the development and management of a new sales division focusing on marketing annuity and life insurance business through financial institutions. In the first 5 years of operation his team contracted 50 banks and recorded sales that exceeded all other company distribution channels combined. During 17 years in this position he managed every aspect of the business...strategic planning, new business development and implementation, training, relationship management, marketing support, compliance, and advanced sales case design.

Job Titles:

• Associate
• Managing Partner

Job Titles:

• Associate
• Managing Partner
• Chairman of Signature Insurance Services Inc

Marc G. Nelson is Chairman of Signature Insurance Services Inc., Managing Partner of Signature Financial Services Group, LLC., and is President of ESOP Corporate Resources Inc., and has been deeply involved in Advanced Corporate Planning Strategies, Corporate Benefits and Employee Benefits communities since 1989. These companies and their various principals have had a presence in the California and National Business markets for over 25 years. The companies market, design and implement Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP's), Advanced Corporate Benefits Plans and Employee Benefits for privately held and public corporations in multiple states. In conjunction with these services the companies also provide Executive Benefits Planning Services, Estate Planning Services and Wealth Management services for both executives and high net worth individuals. The companies work on a referral only basis. Mr. Nelson shares responsibility for ESOP case design and implementation, design & implementation of advanced corporate planning strategies, design & implementation of employee benefits plans, qualified plan investment studies, including insurance studies, client support and sales for the firms multiple affiliates in multiple states. Mr. Nelson also has some executive overview and marketing responsibilities and is a Registered Representative of Lincoln Financial Securities Corp. Mr. Nelson emigrated to the United States of America in 1982 and is a US Citizen. He has been working in his current field since 1989. Mr. Nelson was educated in the English School system while growing up in Africa. Mr. Nelson holds AEB certificates and advanced studies with an emphasis in Industrial Engineering and History. The similar U.S. equivalencies are Degrees in Industrial Engineering and in History. He and his family reside in both Orange County California and Prescott Arizona.

Job Titles:

• Associate
• Managing Partner

Mr. Horne started his career with the financial services industry in 2009. His seven years prior were spent touring the world, working as a grip and electric in the motion picture industry where he additionally took on a variety of small television, theatrical and graphic design projects which included the likes of Glaxo-Smith-Klein and Novartis. A particularly extraordinary graphic design and "branding" opportunity in Richmond, Virginia sprang Patrick out of the free-lance world of cables, rigging and traveling, and into the very necessary world of Life Insurance and Financial Planning. Not one to look back, Patrick very much enjoys his diverse Client base and putting their needs first. Most rewarding, is the team approach he takes with his organization of specialists and experts, helping his Clients take a holistic approach to their planning needs and their own vision of the future. In his spare time, Patrick still enjoys photography for leisure and special projects such as the occasional wedding, enjoys riding his restored 1968 Campagnolo bicycle, running 10Ks, checking out old movies, volunteering with local domestic violence shelters, the local YMCA and civic organizations dedicated to a better city through sustainable living practices. He also manages to yield a crop of food every season in his community garden… with the help of his nieces and family, of course. Patrick resides in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Job Titles:

• Associate
• Managing Partner

Job Titles:

• Associate
• Managing Partner
• President