Before stepping into the financial services world, Kishon Monteith built a career as an executive banquet chef, living and breathing his craft inside the country-club kitchens of North Carolina. Cooking was more than work; it was passion, discipline, and creative expression. But as he rose through the ranks, success began to cost him his freedom. “Home became work,” he says. “I was at the top of my game, but I had no life outside the kitchen.”

That moment of realization pushed him to look for something new: a career that would still let him serve people, but without sacrificing time, health, or balance. When an opportunity in insurance came his way, Kishon took a leap. What he found inside Symmetry Financial Group was more than a career shift; it was a culture shift.

Through mentors like Casey Watkins, Brandon Ellison, and Lynn Watkins, he experienced leadership that felt different and transparent, servant-minded, and real. “They had walked the same path,” Kishon says. “They knew every stage of the journey, and they cared enough to make it clearer for the rest of us.”

Today, Kishon helps others navigate their own path to freedom with that same level of mentorship. He believes success isn’t built on slogans but on systems that actually work. Where leadership means guidance, not control, and where agents are treated like family, not employees.

“Symmetry isn’t just the name of the company,” he says. “It’s the balance between life and purpose that this culture creates.”