Ben T Lawson

Employer firm

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated CRD 7691

$1.78T regulatory AUM 16,844 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (institutions)
• Pension consulting
• Selection of other advisers
• Educational seminars
• PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT REPORTS, ALLOCATION MODELING, IPS, RESEARCH REPORTS AND SERVICES, SEE SCHEDULE D

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

• Item 5F — Regulatory AUM
• Item 5G — Advisory services
• Full firm profile

Current Employers

Employment History

• 09/2009 → Present
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  Winston-Salem, NC
• 03/2002 → Present
  Bank Of America, N.A.
  Winston-Salem, NC

Previous Registrations

• 2005-11-28 → 2009-09-28
  Bofa Advisors, Llc
  Winston Salem, NC
• 2003-04-09 → 2004-04-13
  Banc Of America Investment Services, Inc.
  Winston Salem, NC

Other Businesses

I*516982 For profit or not for profit: Entity Charitable Name of outside business organization: The Winston-Salem Foundation Investment related: Y Address of business: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27101 Nature of business: ["Charitable Organization"] Position, title, association: ["Board Member"], Start date of relationship: 1/3/2022 Number of hours devoted: 4 hour(s) Monthly Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 4 Duties: The WSF is a community foundation that has several primary purposes-grantmaker to public charities, community convener and administrator of charitable funds. My proposed role is to serve as a Board Member for the 2022-2025 term. I*126887 For profit or not for profit: Non-Profit Organization Name of outside business organization: Haiti Outreach Ministries Investment related: N Address of business: Durham, North Carolina 27722 Nature of business: Charitable Organization, Position, title, association: Advisory Board Member, Start date of relationship: 1/1/2020 Number of hours devoted: 4 hour(s) Quarterly Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 0 Duties: I have been invited to join the new HOM Advisory Board. There would be quarterly, virtual meetings (after work hours). Advisory Board responsibilities include raising funds for HOM. I*1220253 For profit or not for profit: Entity Charitable Name of outside business organization: Orion Military Scholarship Fund Investment related: N Address of business: Jamestown, Rhode Island, 02835 Nature of business: ["Charitable Organization"] Position, title, association: ["Board Member"], Start date of relationship: 5/1/2023 Number of hours devoted: 12 hour(s) Yearly Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 0 Duties: , Board Member of scholarship fund that raises and distributes annual boarding school scholarship support for children of active military families.

Exams

• S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
  2003-04-08
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  2002-10-31

Other Names

• Ben Thomas Lawson
• Ben Thomas Lawson