Thomas O'Connell

Thomas O’Connell RICP CEPA, AEP, is President and Managing Principal of International Financial Advisory Group, Inc.

(IFA), in Parsippany, New Jersey. As one of New Jersey’s premier advisors – assisting families in the financial advisory field for over three decades – Tom is a nationally recognized advisor, writer and speaker on the various subjects of estate planning, retirement planning, college planning and wealth management. His firm specializes in working with high net worth individuals, families and business owners in all aspects of financial and wealth planning and preservation. When asked by people what he does he explains it this way, “I’m in the business of preserving the financial integrity of the family.” For 20 years Tom has been a Master Elite IRA Advisor mentored by Ed Slott, CPA, who is recognized nationally as America’s leading IRA expert and is a certified advisor of the Infinite Banking Institute personally mentored by Nelson Nash founder of the institute and author of the book Becoming Your Own Banker. As a member of the Wealth and Wisdom Institute in Trenton, MI, Tom is a leading mentor to other financial advisors throughout the country. Tom is always continuing his education in the industry by attending relevant courses that keep him updated in areas such as Medicaid law, estate tax planning, investment and retirement planning as well as risk-management-planning. He is currently working on his Advanced Estate Planner designation through the American College of Financial Planning. In Tom’s personal life, he is a single father to his daughter Emma, he is the past-Chairman of the Board of the New Jersey Better Business Bureau. In his spare time, Mr. O’Connell is an avid mountain climber and soccer player using his hobbies to help raise money and awareness for wounded veteran organizations and children in need.