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We believe integrated wealth management, with a focus on compounded results, after taxes, is fundamental to wealth accumulation and preservation.

We advise families of size and complexity, and manage wealth with a focus on family harmony and after-tax, compounded results.

As a privately owned firm, we serve as a trusted steward of your financial well-being. Our structure promotes shared values, client alignment, and personal accountability.

Working with a select number of clients allows us to provide a personalized experience, tailored to your family’s aspirations, financial objectives, and life goals.

Once established, a family’s fortune is irreplaceable.  We strive to optimize strategies across tax, trust, risk and investments. In so doing, we will manage your assets with the same care as we manage our own.

 

About

Promethium is the culmination of 40 years of investment management experience and 25 years of planning. Our commitment remains the same today as it was at the outset: to facilitate the peace of mind created when a family’s financial matters are well-organized and thoughtfully planned. Our approach is to:

  • Prioritize family, finances and philanthropy
  • Coordinate communication
  • Reduce the burdens that accompany the responsibilities of wealth

Is Promethium right for you?

One of our objectives is to have client partners. We share our knowledge and experience so you feel comfort knowing we are advising your family and managing your assets as if they are our own.

  • We understand the stewardship of one’s family fortune balances providing the need for current income and growth for generations to come.
  • We provide comprehensive, integrated wealth management advice with a focus on after-tax, compounded returns.
  • A primary objective is pursuing secure, rising income streams, in excess of inflation, after taxes and fees.

With a direct and plain language approach, our alignment of interest fosters confidence in the success of your family’s financial future.

 

Understanding the nuance

Many firms emphasize how large they are. Our aim is for you to experience how personal we can make our relationship feel.

We  believe managing the responsibilities that comes with the compounding of wealth from cumulative after-tax, results is an essential aspect of our mandate. Accumulated wealth fosters financial security and must be stewarded properly.

Distinctive service

We built Promethium to be the thoughtful and personal wealth management and investment advisory firm we want for ourselves and our families.

Knowledge and understanding

Our relationship begins with an in-depth discovery. Your detailed plan will help refine your objectives, accomplish your goals, and achieve your aspirations. We will update your plan regularly and keep you informed, engaged and confident with the direction you are heading.

Candor and confidence

We share our opinions and insights, and how we are positioned to protect against or profit from future developments.  Experience has shown that to be a good investor, one must plan ahead, be patient, and periodically be out of consensus. We’re comfortable with that.

If this resonates, we believe you will be pleased to learn more.

Team

Christopher F. Poch

Founder & CEO

Drawing on over 40 years of experience working with ultra-high net worth families, Mr. Poch addresses the complex wealth management and investment challenges encountered by public company executives and large family enterprises.

Mr. Poch began his career as a financial advisor in Washington DC then moved to New York where he founded and headed Private Wealth Management for Smith Barney/Citigroup. Under his leadership, his unit was recognized as the industry’s leading ultra-high net worth provider. He served as CEO and Vice Chairman of the Private Trust Company and regional director for Bessemer Trust.

Mr. Poch graduated from Villanova University with a B.S. in Business Administration. He has held leadership positions in industry organizations such as the Association for Professional Investment Consultants and Portfolio Management Institute. He authored a best-selling book on wealth management, has been widely quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and the Financial Times, and is considered an authority on serving ultra-high net worth families.

Mr. Poch has served on philanthropic boards including the American Association of Order of Malta, Malta Human Services Foundation, Saint Luke Institute, Malta Human Services Foundation, and Montgomery County American Red Cross. He is a member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington DC, Economics Club of Washington DC and Congressional Country Club. He and his family live in Bethesda, Maryland.

Ed Giese

Vice President, Financial Advisor

Mr. Giese has spent the last 13 years advising high-net-worth individuals and institutions by understanding their goals, constructing and managing investment portfolios, and providing comprehensive wealth management solutions to meet their specific needs.

Mr. Giese began his career as financial advisor in Bethesda, MD with United Capital Financial Partners, Inc. (formerly Zirkin-Cutler Investments) which was then acquired in 2019 by Goldman Sachs Private Financial Management. Shortly following the acquisition, he transitioned to The Sargent Investment Group, LLC, also located in Bethesda.

Mr. Giese is a third-generation Washingtonian with deep roots in the greater DC area.  He graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. He returned home to begin his career as a financial advisor.

Mr. Giese resides in the Palisades neighborhood of Washington, DC with his wife and two children. He enjoys being very active playing golf, ice hockey, tennis, and sailing.

Contact Us

Promethium Advisors, LLC

7272 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 10-105

Bethesda, MD 20814

202.978.2519

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