As long-time expatriates and financial professionals, we understand the financial challenges faced by those living abroad. Having established a path for our own financial futures, we chose to leave the institutional financial world, combining our strong finance backgrounds and long-time experience as expats to help others put worry and stress behind them. We now provide financial planning and investment advisory services to expatriates and their families throughout Southeast Asia.
Matthew Stevens MD
Managing Director, Client Advisor
Matthew first came to Thailand in 2004 as a university student studying economics. Since then, he has traveled and worked in Asia, gaining significant experience in cross-border financial issues while holding positions in various tax and law firms. He owns and manages a Bangkok-based practice that specializes in helping expats throughout Asia remain tax compliant, while also providing longer-term planning advice and strategies to individuals and small business owners. Currently, Matthew is the Managing Director and a client advisor at Client-Centered Cross-Border Private Wealth Advisory, and oversees the firm's administrative and regulatory functions.
Matthew holds undergraduate degrees in business economics from UC Santa Barbara in the US and studied economics as an exchange student at Thammasat University in Bangkok. Additionally, he earned an MBA from California State University. Beyond his academic achievements, Matthew has earned the US Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) designation, has passed CFA Level 1, and is an Enrolled Agent (EA) with the IRS.
Chad Creveling CFA
Client Advisor
Chad relocated to Thailand in 1993 to work in emerging market equity research following an internship after completing the first year of Stanford's Graduate School of Business MBA program. What started out as a temporary stint to gain international experience turned into a permanent move to pursue a financial career in Asia. Now, after more than two decades of living abroad, Chad is able to bring his years of firsthand experience as an expat, along with his long financial industry experience and credentials, to his work with expatriates and their families throughout Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Currently, Chad serves as a client advisor at Client-Centered Cross-Border Private Wealth Advisory. where he provides financial planning, financial decision-making support and investment advice to expatriates and their families. He has served on a panel of experts for the Wall Street Journal providing financial advice to expats through the WSJ Expat site and has frequently shared his expat financial knowledge with leading international publications, such as the BBC, the South China Morning Post, and The Wall Street Journal print edition.
Peggy Creveling CFA
Client Advisor
Peggy relocated to Bangkok, Thailand, to work in international institutional equity research with her husband Chad in 1993. Now, having lived abroad for more than two decades, she has a personal understanding of the unique opportunities and challenges that expats face when managing their finances. That background, combined with her years of experience in the financial industry (which includes roles at Citigroup, Salomon Smith Barney and Paribas Asia Equity), gives her a unique perspective on expat financial issues.
Today, Peggy is a Client Advisor at Client-Centered Cross-Border Private Wealth Advisory, where she is a recognized expert on expat issues, regularly sharing her knowledge with expat groups and publications to include The Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post and others. She and her husband, Chad, have also served as members of a panel of experts for The Wall Street Journal providing financial advice to expats through the WSJ Expat site.