The Williams Group
Merrill Private Wealth Management
1630 South Lindbergh Blvd.
Ladue, MO 63131
(314) 997.2615
Learn more about an advisor's background on
Mission Statement
Our team, located in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated to providing independent objective financial advice to families and institutions.  The success of our team is built around three simple yet enduring tenets: leadership, stewardship, and goals based wealth management.
Welcome

Managing your wealth begins with a deep understanding of your full financial picture. Based on what matters most to you, I can help create a strategy as flexible as today's changing market conditions, and I can provide access to the investment insights of Merrill and the banking convenience and lending solutions of Bank of America. I will work to help you pursue your goals through personalized wealth management strategies.

Recognition
Shawn Williams
Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
Barron's "America's Top 1200 Financial Advisors State-by-State", 2022
(Published on March 11, 2022. Rankings based on data as of September 30, 2021.)
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2022
(Published on April 7, 2022. Rankings based on data as of June 30, 2021.)
Our Approach
Our Philosophy

We believe your unique goals should be at the center of all of your financial decisions and form the foundation of your financial strategy. Because significant wealth requires customized goals-based financial strategies, we believe in building lasting relationships with a limited number of clients, taking the time to understand your most important priorities for today, tomorrow and your long-term future. Our philosophy celebrates collaboration. Working with a team of specialists, we draw on the resources and insights of a global financial institution to create strategies that reflect your aspirations for yourself and current and future generations of your family. Finally, we believe that while significant wealth brings complex challenges, our experience, passion and perspectives can help you simplify your life.

Meet Our Team
Shawn Williams,

CEPA®, CIMA®, CPFA™

Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
314.997.2976
Geraldine F Saban
Officer, Registered Senior Private Wealth Client Associate
314.997.2971
Ann M Granquist
Officer, Registered Senior Private Wealth Client Associate
314.997.2997
Sean Doherty
Private Wealth Investment Management Specialist
314.997.2962
Robert Webster,

CRPC™

Financial Advisor | Senior Portfolio Advisor
314.997.2982
Additional Resources
The following specialists do not make securities recommendations. Please contact your Merrill Private Wealth Management Advisor if you have questions about how a specialist might be able to assist you.
Reggie Johnson
Structured Credit Executive
Bank of America, N.A.
Jana Hunter
Alternative Investments Regional Specialist
Bank of America, N.A.
About Private Wealth

Looking at your wealth from every angle
Navigating complex wealth requires more than making investing decisions. It takes a trusted confidante who can help you step back and see the big picture. Your Merrill Private Wealth advisor is that steadfast guide — advocating for you, your family, and the people and causes you care about. Working together, we can help with strategies designed to grow, sustain and transfer your wealth to amplify the impact at every step of life's journey with insight, simplicity, perspective and solutions. Find out what it's like to work with us.

Sign Up for Perspectives Monthly E-Newsletter
Get the latest investment insights, tips and strategies to help you live your best financial life
Sign Up
Investments & Wealth Institute™ (The Institute) is the owner of the certification marks CIMA® and Certified Investment Management Analyst®. Use of CIMA®, and/or Certified Investment Management Analyst® signifies that the user has successfully completed the Institute’s initial and ongoing credentialing requirements for investment management professionals.
Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™, CRPC™, and the CRPC™ logo are certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.