Dan Sontag surfaces as new cog in Focus Financial machine for taking down wirehouse advisors
After laying low for five years, the passed-over Merrill heir apparent will help advise Chis Dupuy in budding 'Connections' program
Mike Byrnes
Interesting to see how Focus plans to improve their success — Mike Byrnes, President of Byrnes Consulting, LLC, www.byrnesconsulting.com
Stephanie Sammons
This is a big deal. Dan Sontag is a great guy. I’m excited for him and I think this is a big signal for where the future is going.
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