Tom Noble

Tom Noble has significant growth goals for the Noble Retirement Group and he is excited about them, despite the fact that it means he has to spend more time on the big picture than he has in the past. Not only has he grown his firm to eight staff members, with three more joining on January 2, but also the firm created the Noble Benefits Group this past year, offering health and welfare services. To staff this group, he hired two experienced practice managers, and they will be getting a support person as part of the January expansion.

Two of the people coming on in January will be the firm’s insurance component. Noble wants to be able to offer the full suite of benefits services, he says, whether that is retirement, health care, deferred compensation, or retail wealth management. Noble’s client base has grown by 10% this year, and he predicts that, since he is close to closing a few acquisitions in the first quarter, his client base will grow 50% or more in 2008. Noble says he will be spending time looking for people who can help supplement the firm’s core retirement business.

His growth plans do not end there; in fact, Noble says the Noble Retirement Group will be “exploding” in 2008. Noble says he currently is working with National Retirement Partners to serve as the firm’s south central hub and plans to add branch offices in other Texas cities, as well as in surrounding states, such as Louisiana and Oklahoma.