South Carolina-based financial executive Ricky Mantei serves as a branch manager and broker at Centaurus Financial in Lexington. In this capacity, Ricky Mantei is responsible for managing several offices serving clients in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. Together, these offices handle close to $2 billion in client assets and employ upward of four dozen individuals. They also provide financial guidance relating to everything from retirement planning and real estate to taxation and wealth accumulation. To inform his decisions in his current role, Ricky Mantei leverages more than three decades of financial experience to offer a personalized investment approach with a focus on building and maintaining client relationships. Among his goals is to provide flexible financial advice that changes based on each client’s needs. Ricky Mantei’s financial experience includes more than 10 years at Merrill Lynch in South Carolina. During his tenure with the company, he managed close to $200 million in client assets as both a registered representative and stockbroker. He also was recognized as one of the company’s top 10 brokers in the United States. Due in part to his success, Ricky Mantei has run his own company under the Centaurus Financial aegis for the past several years.