Atria Wealth Solutions Adds General Counsel to Executive Team
Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. (Atria), a wealth management holding company, has hired Patricia Solfaro as general counsel.
Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. (Atria), a wealth management holding company, has hired Patricia Solfaro as general counsel.
In this executive management role, Solfaro will focus on the strategic direction and management of the legal, regulatory and compliance functions of the holding company and its subsidiary broker-dealers, which include Cadaret, Grant & Co., CUSO Financial Services, Sorrento Pacific Financial, and NEXT Financial Group.
Atria noted that she brings two decades of regulatory and risk mitigation experience to her new role and has held senior leadership positions at a number of financial institutions, including head of wealth and investment management compliance for Barclays and director of private banking litigation at Credit Suisse.
“This hiring is a reflection of our growth plans. Having inside counsel of Patricia’s caliber positions us and our clients for even greater success,” said Doug Ketterer, CEO and founding partner of Atria. “Our goal is not only to provide our advisors with sophisticated solutions and capabilities, but as importantly, the ability to run a compliant and controlled business that ensures our and our clients’ safety and security [are] first and foremost in the business.”
Solfaro reports to Ketterer and sits on Atria’s Executive Committee as well as the Executive Committee of each subsidiary broker-dealer. She is based in the firm’s New York City headquarters.
Headquartered in New York City, Atria’s subsidiaries support nearly 2,000 financial advisors with $65 billion of assets under administration.
