About C. Thomas Thames, CFP®, CLU, ChFC, MBAC. Thomas (Tom) Thames is a Certified Financial Planner(TM) professional doing business as Thames Financial & Insurance Services. Tom is a Chartered Life Underwriter and a Chartered Financial Consultant, and holds a BA degree in economics and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. He is a licensed life and disability insurance agent in the state of California (license number 0494276). Tom specializes in retirement planning and estate preservation strategies. He has extensive experience with investments, life insurance, annuities, retirement plan distributions, IRA rollovers, Roth IRA options, and other financial and retirement planning issues. |
 C. Thomas Thames, CFP®
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Qualifications
C. Thomas Thames holds a BA degree in economics from University of Notre Dame de Namur and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Santa Clara University. He completed CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP®) studies through College for Financial Planning and completed the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) professional designation programs with The American College. Tom has passed the exams for Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 investment securities registrations and was an investment broker and investment adviser representative for many years before retiring from that business. Tom holds California life and health insurance license number 0494276 and may earn commissions for those activities. He does not sell or offer advise on investment products such as stocks or bonds, variable annuities, limited partnerships, or any other product that requires registration as registered investment representative or investment adviser representative. Tom was a CTEC Registered Tax Preparer for several years but is no longer active in that business.
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Associations and Other Experience
Tom Thames is a former President and Chairman of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the Financial Planning Association and former President of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals.
Prior to entering the financial services industry Tom Thames was an industrial engineering manager for a major corporation and spent four years in the U.S. Army. He has also taught financial and estate planning courses for Golden Gate University Graduate School of Business and for University of California.
Prior to entering the financial services industry Tom Thames was an industrial engineering manager for a major corporation and spent four years in the U.S. Army. He has also taught financial and estate planning courses for Golden Gate University Graduate School of Business and for University of California.