Simone S Branigan

Professional Profile

Simone S. Branigan is a Senior Vice President and Private Client Advisor at Bank of America Private Bank, based in Los Angeles. She works closely with clients to address a range of wealth management and institutional asset management needs. She leads a team of Bank of America Private Bank specialists who work in concert to design and implement tailored financial strategies in investment management, trust and estate planning services, liquidity-event strategies, lending and philanthropy.

Simone is a veteran in client relationship management, credit and investment strategy, and overall strategic advisory leadership for high-net-worth individuals, corporate executives, privately held companies and non-profit & philanthropic organizations. She has extensive experience in real estate finance/asset management, private equity, corporate finance, derivatives, investment concepts, and coordination of advisors for family offices, private & public foundations and privately held companies. She also holds the Bank of America Private Bank title of Institutional Client Advisor, and leads the non-profit and philanthropic relationship management in a formal partnership with Merrill in her region.

During her career of over 25 years, Simone has held positions at Union Bank, City National Bank, Bank of America, Jones Lang La Salle, and Deloitte. Simone spent 10 of those years as a commercial banker at Bank of America and returned for her fourteenth year with the bank. Simone’s academic credentials include a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance with honors on a teaching fellowship from Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Government and Economics from University of California Los Angeles, and the Exchange Program at Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service.

Her philanthropic and non-profit board & financial leadership experience includes several non profits & philanthropic organizations throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area in health care, food distribution, education, athletics, environmental and the arts.

Simone enjoys hiking and biking in the Santa Monica Mountains, water sports, island travel and cooking at home.


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