ABOUT GFC

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 GAINSBOROUGH FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS, INC.
A Fee Only SEC Registered Investment Advisor Specializing in Financial Planning and Investment Management Since 1980

OBJECTIVE ADVICE
As a fee only business, GFC has none of the conflicts of interest that are inherent to NYSE firms, insurance companies, fund sponsored retail outlets, syndicators and investment advisors who have their own products/funds. GFC has no investment banking relationships, does not make markets in stocks or bonds, has no proprietary products, does not share management fees with private account managers or mutual funds, does not receive reciprocal business (trades) from these institutions, has no quotas for officers or employees, does not accept referral fees, and does not work a so called “preferred list”. GFC only generates revenue primarily from fees based on assets under management and hourly fees for financial planning. 

GFC PRINCIPALS

PHILIP N. GAINSBOROUGH, CFPTM, President

Mr. Gainsborough, a native Californian, is president of Gainsborough Financial Consultants, Inc., a fee only financial planning firm and SEC Registered Investment Advisor, established in 1980 to assist high net worth individuals, professionals and executives in setting and achieving their investment and financial goals. He has been active in the financial field for over forty years.

In 1982 he formed Associated Financial Group, Inc. (AFG), the holding company for various securities and financial services firms, since purchased by Pacific Life in 1997, and for eighteen years served AFG and its subsidiaries as president and CEO until he stepped down in March of 2000. During the period from 1982 to 2000 he built AFG to include Associated Securities Corp., a member of the NASD and Pacific Stock Exchange with over 200 branch offices on the west coast with sales in excess of three billion dollars and revenues exceeding sixty million dollars; Associated Planners Investment Advisors, a registered investment advisory firm with over one billion under management; Associated Planners Insurance Services, an insurance agency with 300 licensed agents; The Olympus Group of Mutual Funds which was sold to Chase Manhattan Bank in 1993; and West Coast Realty Management Co., a real estate management company for West Coast Realty Investors (a REIT) and other real estate limited partnerships with assets exceeding 100 million dollars.

While running these companies he served on UCLA’s Board of Advisors for the Professional Designation in Personal Financial Planning, served as President and Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Association for Financial Planning (IAFP) – now the Financial Planning Association – and served on the national board of the IAFP. During this period he also hosted money talk shows on KMPC and KABC and was syndicated on the California Radio Network with a weekly financial commentary. He also conducted financial advisory seminars for large corporations including the Aerospace Corp., Hewlett Packard, IBM, Magnavox and AT&T.

A graduate of the University of Southern California, Mr. Gainsborough received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics in 1960. He is married, the father of six adult children, grandfather of four, and resides in West Los Angeles. His professional affiliations include the Financial Planning Association and he is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM practitioner. He formerly served on the Finance Committee of the Exceptional Children’s Foundation and California Institute of Integral Studies. He also is a member of the Music Center’s Fraternity of Friends, which sponsors the Spotlight Awards.

ANITA O'CONNOR, M.S., CFPTM, Chief Complaince Officer

Anita O’Connor, a native Californian, received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from UCLA and her Masters Degree in Special Education from USC. After spending eight years teaching educationally handicapped children and training student teachers at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute, she became interested in financial planning and was offered a paraplanner position with Gainsborough Financial Consultants, Inc. in 1980. Soon after, Ms. O’Connor became a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM certificant, obtained her securities and insurance licenses and is now Chief Compliance Officer of Gainsborough Financial Consultants, Inc. Ms. O’Connor is a member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), formerly known as the International Association for Financial Planning (IAFP).

Ms. O’Connor has been a frequent speaker on the subject of Financial Plan case writing and has conducted seminars in personal financial planning for various Southland corporations, community groups and for her clients. She is past President and Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Chapter of the IAFP. She resides in Yorba Linda with her husband and their two daughters.

LARA G. LAMB, CFPTM, Vice President

Lara G. Lamb, a native Californian, received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with an option in Finance from California State University of Northridge. She then went on to complete the Professional Designation in Personal Financial Planning at UCLA. Prior to joining Gainsborough Financial Consultants, Inc. (GFC) as a paraplanner in 2001, Ms. Lamb worked as a project manager and instructional designer in the multimedia training industry for six years. Shortly after joining GFC, she began actively participating in the financial planning process and was promoted to Vice President in February of 2004. Ms. Lamb obtained her Certified Financial PlannerTM certificate in September of 2004.

Ms. Lamb is an active member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). She resides in the San Fernando Valley with her husband and their son.

PHILIP N. GAINSBOROUGH, ANITA O'CONNOR and LARA LAMB are advisory representatives with Gainsborough Financial Consultants, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisor.

ANITA O'CONNOR, California Insurance License #0625508, is an independently licensed insurance agent.