STAFF
Lawrence DeRamus - President/CEO
Lawrence DeRamus is Founder and President of DeRamus
Wealth Management, LLC (formerly Capital Advisors
Group). He has over 15 years of combined business,
real estate, and financial services experience.
Before becoming a fully-licensed wealth management
professional, Mr. DeRamus had successful careers at
Texas Instruments as an Engineer and in the US
military as an Army helicopter pilot and Captain.
Active both personally and professionally, Lawrence
has served on a number of not-for-profit boards. He
provides investment advice to large organizations
such as Texas retirement entities and to Fortune
1000 corporations; as well as to individuals and
families.
Mr.
DeRamus graduated from West Point with a BS and from
the University of Dallas with an MBA. He also
completed the Professional Development Institute’s
School of Financial Planning and and completed specialized coursework at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in Using Financial Statements in business.
Mr. DeRamus is a
member of the Financial Planning Association and
Institute of Certified Financial Planners. He is a
US Patent holder and father of three daughters.
Mr. DeRamus holds the following
licenses:
FINRA
Series 7 • Series 63
Patrick Egan
- Investment Consultant
Pat Egan
is a seasoned investment professional with over 30
years as a FINRA-licensed Registered Representative. After beginning his career as an employee at Merrill Lynch in 1980, Mr. Egan left Merrill after a number of years and purchased a membership on the Kansas City Board of Trade. There, as a pit-trader, he began to hone his understanding of the capital markets first-hand by trading Kansas City Value Line Futures Contracts and Chicago Board of Trade S&P 500 Futures Contracts. In 1993, Mr. Egan left the trading pits and joined VSR Financial Services, Inc. There, he soon became Trade Desk Director responsible for the trading and related compliance activities of some 200 + Registered Representatives throughout the country in equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and other securities. Following a long career as Trade Director, Mr. Egan was subsequently instrumental in launching VSR’s Wealth Management Department. In 2010, he retired from VSR to join DeRamus Wealth Management, bringing with him a wealth of experience in fixed income, equities, and options related these securities.
Mr. Egan received a BS in Political Science from the University of Arkansas in 1974 and continues to make his home in Kansas City with lovely wife Cathy.
Mr. Egan holds several FINRA
licenses, including:
Series 7 • Series 63 • Series 4 • Series 24 •
Series 53.
Janet Sharp -
Client Services
Janet Sharp is a FINRA-licensed Registered
Representative with a rich and diverse background in
financial services. Beginning her securities career
in 1999 at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Mrs. Sharp
was able to leverage prior job experiences in
accounting, book-keeping, and accounts-payable with
challenging new job experiences in client relations,
client services, and client account management.
After a number of years at Smith Barney, she
extended her securities experience at Oppenheimer
and Co., before joining DeRamus Wealth Management,
LLC in charge of Client Services. Now, with over 12
years in the financial securities industry, Mrs.
Sharp manages the daily activities and operations of
the office and all activities associated with
fulfilling client service requests.
Mrs. Sharp holds the following licenses:
FINRA Series 7 • Series 63 • Series 66 • Series 9 •
Series 10
