Estate Planning
Suzanne Schultz, CPA, CA, CFP, CLU
Vice-President & Estate Planning Specialist, RBC Wealth Management Financial Services Inc.
Suzanne's focus is to protect and enhance family and business wealth. She is a trusted professional known for expert wealth management advice utilizing advanced, insurance-based tax and estate planning solutions.
Prior to RBC, Suzanne built her career at a major accounting firm and a boutique tax and estate planning firm. Along with professional designations, she has completed the CICA's In-Depth Tax Course. She was featured as an expert on BNN and HGTV's House Poor and has contributed to the Globe and Mail, National Post and co-authored 78 Tax Tips for Canadians for Dummies.
Suzanne uses her in-depth technical knowledge to carefully understand what can complicate your unique financial situation and collaborates with your other professionals to uncover where you might be exposed to excessive taxes and risk. This planning is essential for business owners, professionals, executives and those with charitable goals.
Private bankers
As a Private Banker with RBC Wealth Management, Private Banking, Shannon provides comprehensive wealth management and financing strategies to high-net-worth business owners, executives, professionals and their families.
Based in Halton, Shannon works with a select number of clients across the GTA to address their often-complex banking, credit and wealth management needs by providing tailored seamless banking and financial solutions.
When necessary, she can access specialists from across RBC in order to work collaboratively to provide a complete range of complementary services, from investment management to estate and legacy planning, and from domestic and international trust services to sophisticated credit and leverage strategies to support individual short and long term goals.
Shannon offers an extensive background in client relationship to her role as Private Banker. She draws on over 20 years of experience within RBC, consisting of a wide range of Wealth Management and Commercial Banking backgrounds.
A graduate of Dalhousie University Rowe School of Business, MBA and a graduate of Ontario College of Art, Shannon has continued to deepen her knowledge and expertise with key industry designations such as Personal Financial Planner and Canadian Securities Course credentials from Canadian Securities Institute.
Away from the office, Shannon lives in Oakville, enjoys cycling with her family, spending time outdoors with her dogs, gardening and travelling.
Ritu Narayan brings 19 years of experience with RBC’s Canadian and international wealth management business to her role as Private Banker. She is responsible for providing comprehensive wealth management and financing strategies to high-net-worth business owners, executives, professionals and their families in Oakville, Burlington and the Greater Toronto Area.
Prior to joining RBC Wealth Management, Private Banking, Ms. Narayan served in two previous roles as a Private Banker for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families and family offices in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, and as Director Immigrant Investor Program, in which she established and managed relationships with a select group of international ultra-high-net-worth families immigrating to Canada.
Now in her role as Private Banker, she works to deliver seamless, unparalleled banking and financial solutions for clients with often-complex banking and credit needs. As needed, she partners with specialists from across RBC and externally to provide a complete range of complementary services, from investment management to estate and philanthropic strategies, domestic and international trust services.
Ms. Narayan has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Leicester and earned her Personal Financial Planner (PFP) designation. She has two adult daughters, and when not in the office can be found practicing yoga, reading or travelling. Passionate about community involvement, she received an Ontario Volunteer Service Award in 2010 for her years of continuous commitment and dedicated service.
As a private banker with RBC Wealth Management, Tamara Peso provides comprehensive wealth management and financing strategies to high-net-worth business owners, executives, professionals and their families across Oakville, Burlington, and the Greater Toronto Area.
Together with her team, Tamara develops deep personal relationships with her clients and their families. She addresses their often-complex banking, credit and wealth management needs by providing tailored, seamless banking and financial solutions. When necessary, Tamara accesses specialists across RBC to provide a range of complementary services from investment management to estate, legacy and tax planning. Her goal is to understand clients, enhance and simplify their financial lives, and allow them to focus on what matters most to them.
Tamara offers an extensive background in client relationships to her role as private banker. She draws on over 10 years of experience within the financial service and hospitality industry; she spent several years as a senior commercial lender with Royal Bank of Canada and Business Development Bank of Canada and worked in management positions at both Mortgage Network (USA) and Marriott Corporation (USA).
She is a Dean's list graduate from the Richard Ivey School of Business, studied at Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Italy, holds her IFC, and is working towards her Personal Financial Planning designation.
Away from the office, Tamara lives in Burlington, is a mom to two school-aged girls (Siena and Lyla), and enjoys running, biking, reading and travelling. Tamara is passionate about people and her community and volunteers as a hockey trainer for Burlington Barracudas Girls Hockey.
As a private banker with RBC Wealth Management, Private Banking, Kevin Neiser, provides comprehensive wealth management and financing strategies to high-net-worth business owners, executives, professionals and their families.
Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Kevin works with a select number of clients in the market to address their often-complex banking, credit and wealth management needs by providing tailored seamless banking and financial solutions.
When necessary, he partners with specialists from across RBC in order to work collaboratively to provide a complete range of complementary services, from investment management to estate and legacy planning, and from domestic and international trust services to sophisticated credit and leverage strategies to support individual short and long term goals.
Kevin offers an extensive background in client relationship to his role as private banker. He draws on over 20 years of experience within RBC, which includes his work with business owners and professionals while in RBC's Commercial Financial Services group.
A graduate of the University of Guelph specializing with a degree in Economics, Kevin has continued to deepen his knowledge and expertise as he currently works towards his Personal Financial Planning (PFP) designation.
Away from the office, Kevin enjoys skiing, camping and trips to Disney World with his wife and children.
Group Advantage Consultants
Felita Ranalli has 15 years of experience with RBC, including 6 years in Branch Leadership. 6 years in Business Markets Relationship, 3 years in Personal Banking. Felita brings the expertise required to provide specialized financial and retirement planning advise to sponsors and members. She is key coordinator and reference point, collaborating with RBC advisors and partners to deliver a highly differentiated company and client experience.