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Seth A. Wheeler, CFP®, CEPA®, M.S.

Helping Family Business Owners and High Income Professionals 50+

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Halcyon Wealth Strategies | Northwestern Mutual Seth A. Wheeler, CFP®, CEPA®, M.S.
Charlotte, NC

Serving Clients Nationwide

Helping Family Business Owners and High Income Professionals 50+

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704-690-2288

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Areas of Focus

  • Financial Life Planning
  • Investment Management
  • Owning a Business
  • Retirement Planning
  • Taxes

About Seth A. Wheeler, CFP®, CEPA®, M.S.

Army Colonel (Retired) & CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional Seth Wheeler has an unparalleled and natural ability to analyze and build strategies to solve complex problems. With 25 years of military service, 18 years in the Special Operations community, he is trained at the highest levels to identify threats, analyze new technologies and disruptors, and craft agile solutions in high intensity environments.

His mission has always been to serve his country and protect our people. Among his successful missions as a Green Beret, Seth played a crucial role in the largest and most impactful Special Forces organizational command transformation in 25 years and has directly informed foreign policy decisions by the President of the United States on multiple occasions.

The opportunity to continue to climb the ranks in his already highly influential career continued, but Seth found himself at a crossroads—he was raising his two beautiful children on his own and spending an increasing amount of time away from home. After heavy consideration, Seth felt compelled to answer the call of duty closer to home.

In 2019, he was nominated to an elite position on the National Board of Examiners for the Malcom Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, and a year later he was presented with an opportunity to serve people on their own frontlines.

Seth uses his incredible experiences in analytics and intense strategy as he guides families to achieve financial sustainability and legacy wealth strategies. Just like every mission is unique with its own threats, circumstances and positioning, the same is true for each clients’ financial plan. Every family has their own unique set of needs and goals, and Seth’s team has an unparalleled mission of finding efficiencies.

Given Seth’s breadth of knowledge and ability to seek the best options for every outcome, working with his team removes the overwhelming number of options and creates a plan that uniquely fits each clients’ financial journey.

When he is not in the office, you can find Seth skiing or scuba diving with his children and Fiancé. He loves to explore culinary endeavors, and is heavily involved with supporting veteran initiatives on local and national levels. Among all the achievements of his career, his humility, integrity, and strength in chaos shines the brightest.

Professional Designations

  • Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA)
  • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional

Primary Location

6235 Carnegie Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28211

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Meeting Options

  • Video Conference
  • In-Person
  • Phone
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Compensation Methods

  • Fee Based

What to expect in the first meeting

Click the 'Book Intro Call' button above to schedule a free introductory call. We'll get to know each other and I'll listen to understand your unique circumstances so we can determine the best way to proceed. I look forward to speaking with you.

Offers Investment Management

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About Halcyon Wealth Strategies | Northwestern Mutual

At Halcyon Wealth Strategies, we offer advanced family financial planning & sell-side M&A exit planning for lower-middle market companies.

Halcyon Wealth Strategies' affiliation with BNY Mellon Pershing, LLC Investments open architecture platform and Northwestern Mutual allows me and my team to deliver a boutique experience for our client families and owners.

Backed with the expertise of CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® and CERTIFIED [BUSINESS] EXIT PLANNING ADVISOR® credentials.

1️⃣ Fiduciary, Fee-Based Planning: it is difficult to simply “arrive” at retirement or achieve shorter-term goals; the best way to achieve your goals is to have a system in place and quantify progress toward those targets—while maintaining financial flexibility as your life evolves.

2️⃣ Coaching: we understand your long-term goals and we proactively help you achieve them in the most efficient ways.

3️⃣ Accountability: we understand that your time is valuable; we focus on the most important items at the right times to help you achieve your goals

4️⃣ Investment performance: we work as a team to design plans aimed to provide a better level of performance than you can likely achieve on your own

We accomplish this with a higher standard of care, from a fiduciary approach, with a broad scope of advice (versus simply managing investments)*.

We understand that your time is valuable; we create financial clarity and confidence so that you redirect your time and energy toward your personal and professional growth.

As a Certified [Business] Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA®), I guide our business owners toward optimal sales / exits with a focus on the sell-side for lower middle market companies. We build financial plans to parlay those exits into retirement and generational wealth transitions.

We establish Buy-Sell entity and cross-purchase policies, key person, and Risk Options. We establish 401K’s, SEP IRAs, Profit-Sharing plans, and Cash Balance Pension Plans.

* Fiduciary standard of care applies to advisory services and fee based plan.

Disclosures

Seth A. Wheeler uses Halcyon Wealth Strategies as a marketing name for doing business as representatives of Northwestern Mutual. Halcyon Wealth Strategies is not a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, insurance agency or federal savings bank.

Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, WI (NM) (life and disability insurance, annuities and life insurance with long-term care benefits) and its subsidiaries. Seth A. Wheeler is an Insurance Agent of NM and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company, Milwaukee, WI (long-term care insurance), a subsidiary of NM. Seth A. Wheeler is a Registered Representative of Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (securities), a subsidiary of NM, broker-dealer, member FINRA and SIPC. There may be instances when this agent represents companies in addition to NM or its subsidiaries.

Education

Naval Postgraduate School, Master of Science - MS, Defense Analysis -- Irregular Warfare | Northern Arizona University, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

Hobbies and Interests

  • Family
  • Skiing
  • Swimming

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Who We Serve

  • Baby Boomers
  • Business Owners
  • Corporate Executives
  • Dual Income Family
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Families
  • Gen X
  • Living in Retirement
  • Military
  • Veterans
  • Widow
  • Women’s Finance

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Exceptional and Tempered

✅ Wealthtender Certified Advisor Review™
Feb 10, 2025
Seth has been my financial advisor for my personal retirement as well as my company for going on three years now. He is insightful, exceptionally competent, and tempered, which is what I needed when markets are volatile, or behaving in ways where I would give into my impulses -Seth plays long ball and helps me do the same.
Relationship to Financial Advisor: Current Client
Compensation: This reviewer received no compensation for this review.
Conflicts of Interest: There are no material conflicts of interest.
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Mike Ray

Exemplarily service

✅ Wealthtender Certified Advisor Review™
Jan 27, 2025
Seth has been my financial advisor for the last 6 years. His insight and strategy have given me peace of mind as I embark on my new journey through life.
Relationship to Financial Advisor: Current Client
Compensation: This reviewer received no compensation for this review.
Conflicts of Interest: There are no material conflicts of interest.
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Sean W.

Life Changing Service

✅ Wealthtender Certified Advisor Review™
Jan 22, 2025
Seth is truly an expert in his field. His approach to comprehensive financial planning has alleviated any anxiety about the future and elucidated my path to reaching all my goals and dreams. His team is excellent, and I feel highly confident knowing I'm in good hands.
Relationship to Financial Advisor: Current Client
Compensation: This reviewer received no compensation for this review.
Conflicts of Interest: There are no material conflicts of interest.
Disclosure: Client was provided a Form ADV and CRS within the last 30-days. *Individual has a personal relationship with firm representative.
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Chloe

Stellar Analytical & Strategic Planner

✅ Wealthtender Certified Advisor Review™
Jan 22, 2025
Seth Wheeler is an outstanding gentleman, personally and professionally. Initially, our firm engaged Seth to review and analyze our firm's employee benefits and put together a proposal to see how we can do better for our employees. Following his presentation, we knew immediately that we wanted to employ his services. Seth and his team have provided us with exceptional wealth management services. Based on his hands-on tailored approach, combined with his strategic planning, I decided to move my portfolio (personal) to Seth and his team. Seth offers a clear and concise understanding of financial goals, risk tolerance and, investment preferences so that I can achieve my financial goals.
Relationship to Financial Advisor: Current Client
Compensation: This reviewer received no compensation for this review.
Conflicts of Interest: There are no material conflicts of interest.
Disclosure: Client review request was in the SEC-approved format. Client was provided the latest FORM ADV and CRS within the last 30-days.
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