George Joins Busey Wealth Management as Director of Family Office

With an established and growing commitment to providing premier financial solutions to clients, Busey Wealth Management recently named Abigail S. George as Senior Vice President – Director of Family Office. She will lead a Busey team dedicated to providing personalized strategic solutions and advisor oversight and accountability for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families.

“As we continue to expand and enhance the wealth management experience we offer clients, we believe Abigail’s leadership, proven Family Office background and extensive knowledge of wealth management intricacies are a perfect fit for Busey’s client-focused culture,” said Jeff Burgess, President of Busey Wealth Management.

“She’s a hands-on leader with the skill set, motivation and personality to help Busey Wealth Management continue to build upon its significant success providing high-net-worth individuals and families the personalized solutions, oversight and accountability they need to reach their goals.”

For George, Busey Wealth Management’s century-plus of strength and stability, coupled with its current significant growth trajectory, made it an attractive destination for the next phase of her career.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for me to make a difference at an organization that has built a great reputation with clients and earned a tremendous amount of respect within the industry,” she said. “I look forward to amplifying the vast family office services platform at Busey, supporting multigenerational enterprising families to prosper, to build legacy and to enjoy family harmony.”

George, who already has a few former colleagues from a different organization within Busey Wealth Management, met with Burgess in November 2023, and has since met with several other new colleagues. In every interaction, George said she could feel the commitment to success that the team has.

“I walked away each time feeling that they truly believe in what Busey is bringing to the table for our clients and in what the Busey Wealth Management team stands for,” she said. “Their commitment to their colleagues and clients really shined through.”

George comes to Busey after having built an impressive resume. She began her professional career at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP, serving as an associate from 2008-2013. She joined U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management in St. Louis in 2013 where she served as Vice President and Associate Wealth Strategist until 2018, when she joined Lowenhaupt Global Advisors, LLC, as a Family Office Executive. Most recently, she served as Managing Director and Family Office Executive at CIBC Private Wealth Management, where she led multiple single-family offices and a team of professionals to build and implement strategic solutions of ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families.

George holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Colgate University, a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and a L.L.M in Taxation from Washington University Law School, and currently serves as President of the Board of Trustees of Forsyth School in St. Louis, as co-chair of the Colgate University Alumni Association, as a member of the Planned Giving Committee for the St. Louis Art Museum, and as a member of the Colgate University Alumni Admissions Program.

George has hit the ground running with Busey. She said training is ongoing with staff and new Family Office clients are joining as they build a baseline for how the team will establish and grow.

“A Busey family office supports each generation of the multigenerational family enterprise to prosper, in both financial and non-financial arenas,” she said. “Our team combines best in class technical acumen with the softer skills at the heart of interpersonal family dynamics. That is the essence of supporting generational legacy and is at the core of Busey’s dedicated Family Office team.”