Deric Righter has joined Schechter Wealth as a Senior Advisor. With more than 20 years of experience in executive benefit programs, tax, pension and investment management, Righter will focus his practice on advising high net worth individuals and corporations in portfolio construction, benefit plan design and institutional asset management.
"Deric's C-suite experience will help shape our solutions to fit the needs of similar executives and large corporations who are looking for tax advantaged retirement, benefit and estate planning strategies," explained Jason Zimmerman, Senior Managing Director.
According to Righter: "As Schechter continues to build its team of advisors who offer broad experiences and diverse backgrounds, I consider this move to be a natural fit to support their growing needs. I'm looking forward to helping bring Schechter's unique solutions to existing and new clients."
Prior to joining Schechter, Deric served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at ThyssenKrupp USA, where he directed the corporate staff supporting North American operations with sophisticated tax, treasury, legal and risk management services.
Before ThyssenKrupp, Deric held several key positions with JP Morgan Chase's banking, capital markets and public funds divisions in Detroit.
Deric graduated with honours from the University of Michigan and obtained his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University with concentrations in Finance and Statistics.