Peter Brandstaetter

A finance executive and entrepreneur with decades of experience, Peter Brandstaetter currently serves as a Senior Financial Advisor for Ameriprise Financial in Chicago, Illinois. Possessing an extensive professional background, Peter Brandstaetter laid the educative foundations for his career as a student at Bundeshandelsakademie in his hometown of Graz, Austria. From 1969 through 1974, Peter Brandstaetter pursued studies in a wide range of subjects, with a particular emphasis on economics, trade, commerce, and other topics related to international business.

Following his graduation from Bundeshandelsakademie in 1974, Peter Brandstaetter launched a highly diversified career as an international Hotelier, specializing in opening new properties in exotic places, including the Philippines, Macau, the West Coast of Africa, the Caribbean, and South America.

In the United States, his Hotelier career landed him assignments in Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. In 1999, Peter joined American Express Financial Advisors in Chicago, now known as Ameriprise Financial Advisors, a Fortune 500 Company. Peter Brandstaetter & Associates provides comprehensive Financial Planning services, focusing on Business Planning, retirement strategies, cash-flow solutions and wealth management techniques for individual clients, as well as business owners.

Peter Brandstaetter currently serves as a Chartered Retirement Planning Counsellor and Business Financial Advisor for Ameriprise Financial in Chicago, Illinois. He additionally completed training through the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University.