Trent Pauls is a Senior Vice President and Private Client Advisor with Bank of America Private Bank in Houston, Texas. He delivers customized guidance to high-net-worth individuals and families, helping them streamline and simplify the complex aspects of their financial lives.
Trent leads a team of specialists with deep expertise across investment management, trust and estate planning, wealth structuring, business succession, liquidity-event planning, and philanthropy. He also supports clients with sophisticated credit strategies, including unsecured lending, commercial real estate financing, and the acquisition of ranch properties, residential real estate, and private aircraft.
Before joining Bank of America Private Bank, Trent served as an advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Austin, Texas, and later led a regional team of 30 financial advisors in Houston. He holds the Accredited Wealth Management Advisor™ , AWMA™ designation from the College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp.
Committed to giving back, Trent co-founded and co-chaired the Austin Associate Board of Ambassadors, raising funds and awareness for the American Cancer Society. He now serves as a Committee Lead and Mentorship Co-Chair for GenNow, the Houston Young Professionals arm of the American Cancer Society, where he helps engage the committee in professional development initiatives and supports the ACS’s Shuck Cancer Houston event. He also supports Career Gear Houston, which provides services to veterans transitioning back into the workforce – serving Harris County, the largest veteran population center in the nation. Additionally, he serves on the committees for Bank of America’s LEAD (Leadership, Education, Advocacy, and Development) and IGEN (Inter-Generational Employee Network) affinity groups.
Originally from Kansas, Trent earned his bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University. He and his wife live in Houston with their dog, and enjoy travel, fine wine, and dining out. Trent is also an avid outdoorsman and enjoys duck hunting, running, golf, and live music.
*Accredited Wealth Management Advisor™, AWMA™, and the AWMA™ logo certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.
For more than 200 years, Bank of America Private Bank has helped clients navigate the complex challenges of managing significant wealth. We draw on the Private Bank's personalized approach, as well as the resources of Bank of America, to help individuals and families, businesses, and institutions achieve their financial objectives. Whether you're looking to preserve and share wealth, build philanthropic legacies, or plan future growth, our commitment is to make your goals our priority. At Bank of America Private Bank, we take pride in our history and in serving our clients' best interest. We also value the continual pursuit of innovation in a constantly transforming world. We apply this perspective to help our clients anticipate and respond to evolving markets, changing environments and the growing complexities of the financial landscape. Mindful of the past, our focus in on providing today's clients with disciplined financial strategies and a bridge across generations.