Charles Thompson is a senior financial advisor at Parsec Financial. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner, and has earned the Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor, Certified Employee Benefits Specialist, Retirement Plans Associate, and the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor® designations. Charles holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a recipient of the prestigious Morehead-Cain scholarship. He spends his free time exploring the mountains of WNC with his wife and daughters or planning their next big adventure.