CFP®, CPA/PFS, ChFC®
Managing Partner / Financial Advisor / Member Owner
My focus is on active planning that reflects an intimate understanding of each client’s dreams and evidence-based investing that captures the financial science of capital markets. Then, our team’s goal is to help provide a strong client experience.
Brian Hinson is a managing partner and financial advisor in Savant’s Huntsville, Alabama, office. He focuses on helping families protect, grow, and transfer complex wealth through a family office-style approach that integrates advanced tax strategy, evidence-based investing, and comprehensive estate and succession planning.
With more than 30 years of experience, Brian has guided clients through liquidity events, retirement transitions, and multigenerational wealth planning. He is committed to helping clients assemble and coordinate their advisory teams to simplify decision-making, align family governance, while striving to create durable, tax-efficient outcomes across generations.
Brian works extensively with business owners, executives, and retirees in the defense and aerospace, engineering, and healthcare sectors. These industries feature concentrated equity positions, complex compensation structures, and regulatory considerations that require disciplined planning and execution. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional, Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®), and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with the Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) credential from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Brian brings deep technical expertise and practical judgment to complex financial and tax-related decisions.
Brian has been recognized on the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list in 2022, 2023, and 2024. He is active in both professional and community organizations, including the AICPA, the Financial Planning Association of North Alabama, and the Village of Promise Advisory Council. He also serves as a trustee for the Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville and Randolph School and is a deacon at Mayfair Church of Christ.
A magna cum laude graduate of the University of North Alabama, Brian earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting and played collegiate tennis. A native of Decatur, he and his wife, Jane, live in Huntsville with their two children, Emma and Andrew. In his free time, Brian enjoys traveling, playing golf and tennis, and spending time with the family’s dogs Toby, Henry, and Ollie.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Center for Financial Planning, Inc. owns and licenses the certification marks CFP® in the United States to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., which authorizes individuals who successfully complete the organization's initial and ongoing certification requirements to use the certification marks.
2024 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors: The 2024 Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list published in April 2024 is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria learned through telephone, virtual and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data such as revenue trends and assets under management. The algorithm additionally weighs factors such as service models, compliance records and industry experience, and focuses on those that encompass best practices in their approach to working with clients. All advisors that are considered have a minimum of seven years’ experience. Portfolio performance is not a criterion due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK receive a fee in exchange for rankings. Savant did not pay a fee to be included in this ranking.
2023 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors: The 2023 Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list published in April 2023 is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria learned through telephone, virtual and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data such as revenue trends and assets under management. The algorithm additionally weighs factors such as service models, compliance records and industry experience, and focuses on those that encompass best practices in their approach to working with clients. All advisors that are considered have a minimum of seven years’ experience. Portfolio performance is not a criterion due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK receive a fee in exchange for rankings. Savant did not pay a fee to be included in this ranking.
2022 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors: The 2022 Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list published in April 2022 is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria learned through telephone, virtual and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data such as revenue trends and assets under management. The algorithm additionally weighs factors such as service models, compliance records and industry experience, and focuses on those that encompass best practices in their approach to working with clients. All advisors that are considered have a minimum of seven years’ experience. Portfolio performance is not a criterion due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK receive a fee in exchange for rankings. Savant did not pay a fee to be included in this ranking.