Meet Matthew
Matthew is Partner of Business Management at Mercer Advisors, based in Encino, California. He was Managing Partner of a multi-family office practice, Singer Burke, for 35 years before it was acquired in 2025 by Mercer Advisors.
Singer Burke provided a full range of accounting, tax, business management, and financial consulting services. Matthew’s insightful approach fostered the growth of Singer Burke’s distinct culture, where the definition of success expanded to include a personal sense of growth and fulfillment for clients and staff alike.
Prior to Singer Burke, Matthew was a partner at a local entertainment-based CPA firm in Beverly Hills; managed the corporate offices of a national real estate syndication firm based in San Mateo, California; and was a member of the small business practice group at the international CPA firm Ernst & Young.
He earned a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and has a certificate in financial management for the family office from Pepperdine University. Matthew is a CPA and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® profesional.
His working style
Matthew specializes in holistic financial planning and management, and he thrives when developing respectful and collaborative relationships with clients. He also has an uncanny ability to create space for people to reflect, to talk, and to stretch their conceptions of what can be achieved.
Matthew in real life
How do you give back?
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. My late wife, Donna Mason Adams, taught art to thousands of children and I help carry on her legacy through support and participation on the boards of community arts organizations.
Any words you try to live by?
“The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.”
What’s one thing you are surprisingly good at?
My grandchildren think I’m an amazing magician and laugh at all my clumsy magic tricks.
Matthew’s snapshots
“Mercer Advisors” is a brand name used by several affiliated legal entities including Mercer Advisors Tax Services, LLC; Mercer Global Advisors, Inc., a SEC registered investment adviser; Mercer Advisors Private Asset Management, Inc. a SEC registered investment adviser; Heim, Young and Associates, Inc., (MA Brokerage Solutions) a broker/dealer, member FINRA/SIPC; and Mercer Advisors Insurance Services, LLC (MAIS) an insurance agency. These entities are owned by Mercer Advisors, Inc.
Mercer Advisors Tax Services is not a CPA firm and does not provide public accounting services.
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