Meet the Team

Matthew Knapp is a Chartered Professional Accountant, (CPA, CA). He is a graduate of Brock University, with an Honours Bachelor of Accounting degree. He has successfully completed all three levels of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada's In-depth Tax Program and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada's In-depth Corporate Reorganizations Program. 

His extensive background includes working at one of the major global accounting firms, where he specialized in tax minimization, appropriate tax planning for corporate and personal clients, and business restructurings. Matthew's diverse client portfolio has included high-net-worth individuals, private corporations, trusts, and partnerships. 

In his current role at RBC, Matthew supports your advisor in preparing and presenting your Compass Financial Plan and to identify and assess any related financial, tax, and retirement planning concerns you might have. 

Specialized financial planning 

At RBC, we recognize that with greater financial resources, comes greater financial complexity. To help you properly coordinate your financial matters and optimize the unique opportunities available to you, we are pleased to offer you our highest level of financial planning. Personally prepared by Matthew Knapp, your comprehensive Financial Plan will provide recommendations specific to your situation. Your plan will consider strategies to maximize your cash flow, reduce taxes, ensure your retirement lifestyle, protect your financial security, transfer wealth to your next generation tax-efficiently and make the most of your philanthropic legacy. In appreciation of your business, your advisor is pleased to offer this service to you on a complimentary basis. 

Analytical by nature Adam focuses his attention on what matters - you, your family and business, by immersing himself in listening and learning all you have to share. Along with Lynn Prudom, their team offers a holistic approach by emphasizing your wealth goals and objectives are heard and understood. They implement solutions that enhance, protect and ultimately ensure the wealth you worked hard to create maximizes your legacy and is shared according to your wishes with heirs or charities you passionately support.

After many years in the financial services industry Adam joined RBC in 2019. He is dedicated to providing analysis of complex cases, designing customized solutions utilizing insurance-based solutions and demonstrating how to increase net worth, simplify wealth planning and reduce the impact of taxation.

Outside of work Adam happily spends his time keeping up with his wife and two young children all while taking his recreational softball very seriously.

Mary obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario in 1983. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1985.

Following her call to the Bar, Mary was in private practice for 24 years, specializing in the areas of will and estate planning, estate administration, real estate and corporate law. Since 2011, she has worked exclusively in the areas of will and estate planning with a major trust company and a bank. Mary joined RBC Wealth Management in October 2016.

Mary is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Middlesex Law Association.

As a Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, Bobby, together with your primary RBC advisor, helps you explore succession, tax, retirement and estate planning issues you face as a business owner.

Bobby has over 15 years of experience working with owners of privately held businesses to help them develop business succession, tax and estate planning solutions tailored to their goals and objectives. Prior to joining High Net Worth Planning Services, Bobby provided tax, retirement, estate and financial planning advice to RBC advisors and their clients. He has written articles on various topics including determining the value of a business, farm succession planning, tax planning and retirement planning.

Prior to joining RBC, Bobby was a Vice President at a boutique business valuation firm in Toronto where he worked with business owners to help them determine the value of their business for divestitures, litigation, tax and estate planning purposes. He also worked with owners to help them identify the value drivers of their business.

Bobby is a Chartered Business Valuator, a Chartered Professional Accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto. He has also completed all three levels of the CPA In-Depth Tax Course.