WILLIAMSVILLE, NY – WNY Asset Management has appointed Eugene P. O’Connor, Jr. senior wealth manager for the Williamsville, NY based firm.

As senior wealth manager, O’Connor will be responsible for working with a wide range of clients to develop personally tailored investment and wealth management strategies.

O’Connor is a seasoned professional with more than 25 years of investment and financial planning experience. He comes to the firm from Merrill Lynch Wealth Management where he served as a financial advisor and investment associate. He also served as vice president, portfolio manager for Key Private Bank.

A graduate of The University of Notre Dame, O’Connor has been active in the community. He is the former president and endowment committee chair for Ronald McDonald House and served on the corporate gifts committee for Catholic Charities. He has also served as president of the Central Amherst Little League.

A leading Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) firm, WNY Asset Management was founded in 1994. An independent team of investment and wealth managers, WNY Asset Management is home to the CPA Financial NetworkTM, a unique network of accounting professionals who provide their clients with the advantage of tax managed solutions combined with WNY Asset ‘s financial knowledge, expertise and integrity.