Our Team

Arno O. Mayer, CFA, CFP, Founder of Financial Trust Asset Management, has been providing investment advisory services since 1986. He founded Financial Trust Asset Management in 1989.

Arno earned his B.A. in Finance from Florida Atlantic University in 1985 and he has also earned the following designations, Certified Financial Planner (CFP) in 1989 and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in 1999.

Mr. Mayer's career includes being the Director of Quantitative Research/Portfolio manager for Steinberg Global Asset Management as well as working as a Vice President at NationsBank/Stevens Nations Funds division covering Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C.  Mr. Mayer also ran the mutual fund division of Great Western Bank's Sierra Trust Funds in the State of Florida.

Greg Vigrass is Chief Executive Officer and Partner of Financial Trust Asset Management.  He has over 30 years of experience in financial services, with extensive leadership and operational experience working in all areas of fee-based wealth management.

Most recently, he was a Strategic Advisor with Aite-Novarica's Wealth Management practice and before that was a Vice President in Global Markets at Goldman Sachs.  He joined Goldman Sachs as part of their acquisition of Folio Financial, a brokerage and technology company with a primary focus on innovative trading and asset management platforms for Investment Advisors and Asset Managers. At Folio for 18 years, Greg was President and CEO of Folio Institutional.  Greg started his career with Charles Schwab & Co., spending much of his time there in leadership roles in the Registered Investment Advisor group focused on service, operations, business development and relationship management. 

Greg has a B.A. from the University of Hawaii

John Sessa is a portfolio manager whose additional roles involve assisting the team in operational and administrative tasks as well as conducting investment-related research. 

Mr. Sessa received his B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Finance from the University of Florida in 2014. He would later receive his MBA with a dual concentration in Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions from the University of Miami in 2017. 

John is passionate about finishing his CFA designation as he has passed all three CFA level tests. 

Before joining Financial Trust, John Sessa was involved in the cryptocurrency industry. Working for a top crypto news outlet, Mr. Sessa has experience writing about current events in the sector and interviewing leaders in the finance and crypto world.