Edelman Financial Engines (EFE), one of the nation’s leading independent wealth planning1 and workplace2 investment advisory firms, today announced the appointment of Christian Mango, as Senior Vice President, Retirement Advisory Practice Leader. In this role, Mango will lead the growth of EFE’s Retirement Plan Services business, advancing the firm’s strategy to deliver market-leading fiduciary retirement solutions while strengthening the connection between workplace retirement benefits and comprehensive financial planning.

Employers are increasingly seeking partners that can deliver fiduciary investment oversight, participant engagement, financial wellness, and personalized advice. This appointment reflects EFE’s continued momentum and accelerated investment in leadership, capabilities, strategic partnerships, and infrastructure to meet those evolving needs. Mango will be responsible for scaling the Retirement Plan Services business through strategic acquisitions, advisor recruitment, and organic growth, while enhancing the firm’s ability to serve employers, plan participants, and individual clients.

“For millions of Americans, their financial journey begins in the workplace. Retirement Plan Services is an important extension of our mission — helping employers deliver exceptional retirement programs while creating more pathways for individuals to engage with fiduciary advice throughout their financial lives,” said Ralph Haberli, CEO and President of Edelman Financial Engines. “EFE has market leading capabilities in investments, in engaging retirement plan participants and in connecting the workplace to wealth planning. The opportunity to extend and scale those capabilities to retirement plan advisers and smaller plans is significant, and we’re excited to have Christian on board to help us realize that potential. He has built and scaled retirement businesses throughout his career, and his experience, leadership, and relationships across the industry will help us to build one of the country’s leading retirement advisory platforms at EFE.”

Mango brings nearly 30 years of retirement industry experience to EFE. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions at OneDigital, helping to lead M&A for the firm’s retirement plan advisory and work-to-wealth businesses. Prior to that, he led the Retirement Plan Services division at Alera Group as Executive Vice President, National Practice Leader, driving substantial growth and transforming the business into a nationally recognized retirement plan advisory platform.

About Edelman Financial Engines

Edelman Financial Engines is one of the nation’s leading independent wealth management firms1, founded 40 years ago on the belief that everyone deserves access to high‑quality, personalized financial advice. Today, we sit at the intersection of comprehensive financial planning, workplace retirement guidance, and wealth planning, serving more than one million clients and managing over $300 billion in assets.2 We help people navigate their financial lives from their first paycheck through retirement, supported by a fiduciary model that puts clients’ best interests first. Leveraging our scale, innovative planning platform, and decades of experience, we are on a mission to expand access to personal, goals‑based advice, meeting clients where they are—and supporting them at every stage of life.

Learn more at www.EdelmanFinancialEngines.com.

1 The Barron’s Top 100 RIA Firms list, awarded in September based on prior 12-month data through June 30th, is an annual ranking of independent advisory firms, based on qualitative and quantitative criteria. Firms elect to participate but do not pay to be included in the ranking.

2 Edelman Financial Engines data, as of March 31, 2026.

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