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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner14 years in industry

SCOTT CHRISTOPHER GAYNOR

Advisor at NAVALIGN, LLC

ENCINO, CA

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 6, 2012 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: NAVALIGN, LLC
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jun 5, 2012earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 14derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Jun 5, 2012
First registration: Jun 6, 2012
Dual registered: no
Other names: SCOTT C GAYNOR|SCOTT GAYNOR
IAPD individual key: 5806345

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
NAVALIGN, LLC	Independent wealth	Jul 14, 2023	n/a	yes	ENCINO, CA	Current employment
KCS WEALTH ADVISORY	Former SEC adviser	Feb 16, 2018	Jul 17, 2023	no	LOS ANGELES, CA	Previous registration
Seia	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 22, 2015	Feb 23, 2018	no	LOS ANGELES, CA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Jun 6, 2012	Jun 15, 2015	no	BEVERLY HILLS, CA	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
KCS WEALTH ADVISORY	NAVALIGN, LLC	Jul 17, 2023	Jul 14, 2023	-3	Firm change	RIA to RIA
Seia	KCS WEALTH ADVISORY	Feb 23, 2018	Feb 16, 2018	-7	Firm change	RIA to RIA
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Seia	Jun 15, 2015	Jul 22, 2015	37	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ NAVALIGN, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 14, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ KCS WEALTH ADVISORYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 16, 2018 to Jul 17, 2023factForm ADV
→ SEIARegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 22, 2015 to Feb 23, 2018factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 6, 2012 to Jun 15, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 17, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Scott Christopher Gaynor left Kcs Wealth Advisory for Navalign, Llc (registered 2023-07-14)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago