Allan Zachariah
CPA
Co-Chairman
- Board of Managers
- Leadership Team
- Shareholder
Allan Zachariah is a co-founder and serves as Co-Chairman of Pathstone which serves families, family offices, and endowments and foundations. He is a shareholder and a member of the firm’s Executive Leadership Team. He served as Co-CEO from the inception of Pathstone through June 2022. Allan has over 41 years of professional experience as an advisor to families of significant wealth, designing sophisticated wealth transfer strategies for family businesses and high-net-worth individuals, and is a frequent speaker on wealth transfer techniques and family office structures.
Previously, Allan was an Executive Managing Director of Pathstone. In 2000, as a Managing Director of Harris myCFO, he opened the Atlanta office of myCFO. Allan led the office through a period of significant growth, increasing assets under advisement to more than $1 billion during his tenure. He also assisted in the opening of the Northeast office of Harris myCFO in 2006 and became Co-Managing Director of East Coast operations in 2007.
Allan has also served as a partner and National Director of Estate Planning for Grant Thornton and as a partner and member of the National Estate and Gift Planning Team at BDO Seidman, both in Atlanta. He began his career as an accountant with the Louisville, KY office of Arthur Andersen developing the office’s Family Wealth Practice and the Real Estate Service Group for Kentucky and Southern Ohio.
Allan earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Georgia Society of CPAs, and the Board of Governors for the Buckhead Club. He is also a member of the National Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish National Fund’s Atlanta Board of Trustees, and the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics Dean’s Advisory Council.
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Allan Zachariah is a co-founder and serves as Co-Chairman of Pathstone which serves families, family offices, and endowments and foundations. He is a shareholder and a member of the firm’s Executive Leadership Team. He served as Co-CEO from the inception of Pathstone through June 2022. Allan has over 41 years of professional experience as an advisor to families of significant wealth, designing sophisticated wealth transfer strategies for family businesses and high-net-worth individuals, and is a frequent speaker on wealth transfer techniques and family office structures.
Previously, Allan was an Executive Managing Director of Pathstone. In 2000, as a Managing Director of Harris myCFO, he opened the Atlanta office of myCFO. Allan led the office through a period of significant growth, increasing assets under advisement to more than $1 billion during his tenure. He also assisted in the opening of the Northeast office of Harris myCFO in 2006 and became Co-Managing Director of East Coast operations in 2007.
Allan has also served as a partner and National Director of Estate Planning for Grant Thornton and as a partner and member of the National Estate and Gift Planning Team at BDO Seidman, both in Atlanta. He began his career as an accountant with the Louisville, KY office of Arthur Andersen developing the office’s Family Wealth Practice and the Real Estate Service Group for Kentucky and Southern Ohio.
Allan earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Georgia Society of CPAs, and the Board of Governors for the Buckhead Club. He is also a member of the National Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish National Fund’s Atlanta Board of Trustees, and the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics Dean’s Advisory Council.
