RBC Partners
Alessandra Prioreschi, MA, JD
Will & Estate Consultant, RBC Family Office Services
After completing a Master of Arts degree in English at the University of Waterloo, Alessandra obtained a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law in 2000. She was called to the Ontario bar in February of 2002, and commenced her career as a tax lawyer with the Toronto office of
a prominent national law firm, completing Levels I and II of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants’ In-Depth Tax Course.
Over her years in private practice, Alessandra served a variety of business clients and their owners ranging from technology start-ups to established manufacturing, property development and retail businesses, advising on tax and estate-planning, including wills and trusts.
Alessandra is now pleased to offer her years of advisory experience to provide Will and Estate Planning services to RBC’s valued clients.
Complimentary Will & Estate planning consultation
In appreciation of your valued business relationship with us, your advisor is pleased to offer you a complimentary Will & Estate Planning consultation with Alessandra, a Will & Estate Consultant.
Alessandra works closely with your advisor to provide you with information on structuring your estate in an efficient and tax effective manner. Following your meeting, Alessandra will provide you with a report outlining various estate planning issues for you to explore in further detail with your own lawyer or accountant.
To schedule a meeting with Alessandra Prioreschi, please contact your advisor.
Jennifer Janeczko, M.Tax
Financial Planning Specialist, RBC Family Office Services
Jennifer Janeczko completed her Masters of Taxation degree at the University of Waterloo in 2004 after completing a postgraduate diploma in Financial Planning from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2001.
Prior to joining RBC in 2015, Jennifer gained a unique understanding of planning for the owner-manager through various roles within the insurance and accounting industries. Her professional experience includes working extensively with high net worth individuals and their advisors dealing with estate and succession planning, corporate and personal tax, insurance planning, family trusts, private foundations and charitable organizations.
Jennifer has over 10 years of taxation experience, is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, sits on the board of directors of the Estate Planners’ Council of Hamilton and is a student member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
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.
Susan Macdonald, TEP, MTI
Senior Trust Advisor, RBC Royal Trust
As a Senior Trust Advisor, Susan Macdonald serves clients throughout Western Ontario and is located in the Hamilton office. With a career focused on client relationships, she is dedicated to her clients and provides a personalized service tailored to their specific needs. She provides a wealth of knowledge relating to trusts and their administration. Susan has continued to deepen her knowledge and expertise with key industry designations such as Member, Trust Institute (MTI) and Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designations.
Susan works with individuals, families and businesses to provide customized estate, trust and incapacity solutions. Whether it is helping someone to settle an estate, establishing a trust to ensure the successful transfer of family assets, or arranging to assist with the administration and responsibilities for a power of attorney, Susan can help.
With more than 20 years of industry experience, Susan brings to each client the necessary skill set to provide both the technical expertise as well as the genuine understanding of the emotional complexities that underlie these issues. Susan understands that no two clients are the same and so together with her RBC Royal Trust partners she can find the solution that’s right for you.
Kimberly Cunningham
Risk Assessment Insurance Specialist, RBC Insurance Agency Ltd.
Kimberly Cunningham is a Risk Assessment Insurance Specialist. She provides advice-based solutions through a Personal Risk Assessment; helping High Net Worth clients and their families protect their unique lifestyles, possessions and wealth. She prides herself on going the extra- mile to provide best-in-class service to clients.
With over 25 years of insurance experience, Kimberly has held roles in Consumer Relations, Business Development and most recently as a trusted Relationship Manager in the Private Client division of a large regional brokerage; designing comprehensive insurance packages to meet the needs of affluent clients, strengthening their capacity to protect what matters most to them.
Along with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Kimberly also holds a Life & Accident Sickness agent’s license.
In her spare time, Kimberly enjoys coaching a softball team for young girls in her community. When not on the ball diamond, she can be found on the golf course or experiencing a movie night with her family.
Aida Shehu
Premier Banking Advisor, RBC Royal Bank
As a Premier Banking Advisor, Aida provides banking and credit solutions to high net worth individuals and their families. Acting as single of contact, she partners with Investment Advisors and Counsellors in Oakville and Burlington to provide personalized service and tailored advice to help clients manage effectively their day to day banking and credit solution.
With over 13 years of financial services experience at RBC, Aida is well respected and regarded by her both clients and peers. She has received regular recognition as top performer and was recently awarded the RBC Convention Award in 2018.
Aida holds a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Fine Arts Tirana. Committed to assisting in the community Aida has volunteered and assisted with United Way of Halton South, Kerr Street Mission and Bank Bed Race in Oakville.
She currently lives in Oakville with her husband and has two children. In her spare time, Aida enjoys painting, classical music and gardening.
Rawan Haddadin
Premier Banking Advisor, RBC Royal Bank
As a Premier Advisor with RBC Wealth Management Private Banking, Rawan Haddadin provides personal service and tailored advice to help clients save time and effectively manage their day to day banking needs.
Working as a single point of contact, Rawan will access specialists from across the organization in order to provide a complete range of complementary services to support the individual short and long term goals of our Wealth Management clients in the Oakville/Burlington area.
Rawan draws on five years of experience within RBC, where she has had the opportunity to engage in several aspects of our retail growth strategy, helping drive RBC's direction for the future and foster long-term client relationships across multiple channels within our Communities.
Rawan successfully attained her Architectural Engineering Degree from the University of Jordan, and when arriving in Canada received her Diploma in Interior Design from the International Career School of Canada. She currently holds accreditation through the Canadian Securities Institute for IFIC, and is focused on delivering an Exceptional Advice Experience for high net worth households that work directly with our Wealth Management partners.
Away from the office, Rawan enjoys cooking and walking her dog Rocky.
Amira Saleh-Muallem
Premier Banking Advisor, RBC Royal Bank
As a Premier Advisor with RBC Wealth Management, Amira Saleh-Muallem works as a single point of contact, providing banking and credit solutions for select high net worth clients and their families. Partnering with Investment Advisors and Counsellors across the region, she provides personalized service, and tailored advice to efficiently manage their day to day banking needs.
She offers an extensive banking background with over 15 years of experience with RBC. She is a respected team member that provides compassion, empathy and care in everything she does. At first point of contact Amira listens, understands and takes ownership to resolve any concerns that may arise. Her main focus is providing an exceptional client experience. She also holds a Personal Financial Service Advice certificate.
Outside of finance, Amira currently resides in the Burlington area, multilingual, proficient in English and Arabic enjoys keeping active with Mediterranean culinary experiments, music, hiking and spending time with family.
Grant Henri, PFP, F.Pl., TEP
Vice-President, High Net Worth Planning Services, RBC Family Office Services
Grant attended Concordia University in Montreal where he completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1992. He holds three financial planning designations, a Specialist designation from the Trust Institute, and is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Grant has completed the in-depth tax program with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (Levels I, II and III).
Grant has over 25 years of progressive experience in various roles within the financial services field. In addition to his work with RBC Wealth Management, he is currently teaching Tax and Estate Planning courses for the Institut Québecois de Planification Financière to support the continuing education requirements of financial planners in the province of Quebec. Grant has also provided support to the Financial Planners Standards Council of Canada as a subject matter expert and has taught financial planning courses at George Brown College in Toronto.