Matt Sommer, CFA, CFP^®, CPWA^®

Matt Sommer, CFA, CFP®, CPWA® is Senior Managing Director, Retirement Strategy Group at Janus Henderson Investors. In this role, he leads the Defined Contribution and Wealth Advisor Services Team. His expertise covers a number of areas, including regulatory and legislative trends, practitioner best practices, and financial and retirement planning strategies for high-net-worth clients. Prior to joining Janus in 2010, Matt spent 17 years at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and its predecessors, Citi Global Wealth Management and Smith Barney, during which time his roles included director of financial planning and director of retirement planning.

Matt received his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Rhode Island and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Pace University, Lubin School of Business. He is a Certified Private Wealth Advisor (CPWA^®) and currently serves on the CPWA examination task force. Additionally, Matt is an adjunct professor at the College for Financial Planning of the CFP^® and CRPS^® programmes. He is also a PhD candidate at Kansas State University. Matt holds the Certified Financial Planner (CFP^®) and Chartered Financial Analyst designations. He has 31 years of financial industry experience.