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Liam J. McGuinness

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Liam J. McGuinness is Whittier Trust Company’s chief financial officer, overseeing corporate accounting, tax and client accounting. A 2025 SEC filing also explicitly identifies him as CFO of Whittier Ventures LLC, spelling his surname McGuiness; the native named Whittier Trust biography uses McGuinness and substantiates the shared identity. His LLC affiliation is last-confirmed in that filing, with no exact appointment date inferred. He joined Whittier in 2015 after corporate-finance work at Oaktree Capital Management and financial planning, analysis and systems work at Western Asset Management; earlier employers include IndyMac Bank and Deloitte. He graduated cum laude from Bucknell University with a BSBA and accounting/German double major, and holds CPA and CFA credentials. His native biography also identifies Hillsides treasurer/finance committee service. No personal investment check is inferred.