Our Team

Charlie Brown

Financial Advisor

Charlie is the founding financial advisor of Marathon Financial Group, based in Boston, MA. He and his team (see below) specialize in helping busy, successful, and established professionals organize their financial lives and take the stress out of planning.

In the earlier years of his practice, Charlie concentrated almost exclusively on serving the needs of Boston area physicians and their families. While this vocation remains a focus, the practice has since grown significantly to serve other professionals and business owners all over the United States.

Charlie started his practice with the simple mission of being ‘great, rather than big’ and is focused on building a limited number of strong, long-term relationships with those who are mid- to late-career, in light of his expertise and considerable experience.

Charlie has a degree in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Boston, and holds his FINRA Series 6, 7, 63, 65, and SIE licenses.

Charlie grew up on Boston’s South Shore and currently resides in Boston with his partner Stephen, a primary care physician. When not at the office, Charlie is most likely traveling to visit friends or family, or purely for leisure/exploration.

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Indrani Namilikonda

Paraplanner/Client Services Coordinator

Indrani provides client service and coordinates all new business for the practice. In addition, she oversees the financial planning process and is closely involved in data collection and financial analysis.

Indrani holds an MBA from Dalhousie University and also has a master’s degree in Accounting from a university in India.

She lives in Boston with her husband and twelve-year-old son. She likes to run, cook and play tennis.

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John Bay

Director of Investments

John Bay is the Director of Investments for the Marathon Financial Group and is a CFA charter-holder.

John earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from Bates College, and then a few years later, went on to the UCLA Anderson School of Management where he got his full-time MBA. While at UCLA, he was the recipient of the J Fred Weston award, finishing in the top 2% of over 350 finance students.During his time at UCLA, John and his classmates managed a large percentage of the school’s hundred-million-dollar endowment, with their value equities segment outperforming others by over 1,200 basis points.

John has worked in the financial services industry and within wealth management for over 13 years. He’s spent a decade managing portfolios for ultra-high net worth individuals specifically, as well as foundations and institutional clients. Prior to business school, John worked at US Trust within the centralized trading and research department. Immediately after finishing his MBA, he worked at UBS as the Internal CIO for one of their largest advisor teams. He ultimately helped form Pallas Capital Advisors and retain 100% of the firm’s clients from UBS. John was the Senior Portfolio Manager at Pallas, heading up the firm’s SMID Cap portfolios in addition to creating and managing all of the ESG strategies.

John currently lives in Arlington, MA with his wife Connor, two children, and Doodle. In his free time, John enjoys hiking, skiing, and the thrill of making a good Valencian Paella.

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Jake Foley

Chief Operating Officer

Jake is the Chief Operating Officer at Marathon Financial Group, he has nearly a decade of financial services operations experience.

Prior to joining MFG, Jake spent four years as the operations manager for another RIA where he oversaw firm operations and helped implement new systems and procedures.

Outside of work, Jake lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife, Courtney and their son, Arlo.

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Ryan Geschke

Director of Investments