Philip Stathos, Director at Baird, helps coordinate financial planning needs of his clients to assist them in achieving life goals with their money, including retirement, education, philanthropy, and wealth transfer strategies with the goal of helping clients articulate and position their funds to reflect its meaning in their lives.
Prior to joining Baird in August, 2020 Phil was a Partner at Mayflower Advisors, a Wells Fargo FINET Affiliate where he worked since 2012. Phil was named a Forbes Magazine’s Best “In-State” Advisor in Massachusetts in 2018, 2019, 2020 and in Maine in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.*
Prior to joining Mayflower Advisors in 2012, Phil was a Senior Vice-President at Wells Fargo Advisors, which acquired A.G. Edwards, where Phil began his career as a Financial Advisor in 1998. Prior to his work in private wealth management, Phil worked in Institutional Equity Sales for Keefe Bruyette and Woods and then Fidelity and Scudder Kemper Investments, where he worked in strategic marketing.
Phil is a graduate of Bowdoin College in 1987, where he was captain of the sailing team and the Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, where he obtained an MBA in 1993. In addition, Phil holds a Diploma in Financial Planning from Boston University, which he received in 2002.
Outside of the workplace Phil is active as a former member of the Board of the Courageous Sailing Center, and he is involved in charitable programs associated with the schools he has attended. Phil and his wife Alice, have three 20 something sons: Nic, Cam, and Alexander. The family can be found sailing, skiing, and running seeking outdoor adventures in New England and beyond.
*Most recent ranking published on 4/7/26, based on ranking based on data as of 6/30/25.