Our Internal Partners

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.

Kiran completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at York University in 2007 and her LL.B. at the University of Windsor in 2010.

Prior to joining RBC, Kiran practiced in the area of Wills, estates, and trusts at a small regional firm. She has extensive experience with matters relating to estate planning, estate administration, and estate litigation.

In private practice, she advised clients on various strategies to help them design an estate plan to achieve their unique planning objectives, avoid common planning pitfalls, and maximize tax efficiency. Kiran drafted Wills, Powers of Attorney, and trusts. She also advised executors of their various duties and responsibilities when administering an estate. Kiran has assisted beneficiaries, trustees and executors with both contested and uncontested litigation matters.

Kiran would be pleased to work with you and your advisor and discuss your estate plan.

Andrew is a member of the interdisciplinary Family Office Services team advising high-net-worth clients specifically in the area of estate planning. Andrew’s role is to design comprehensive estate plans, typically including a mix of Wills, powers of attorney, and trusts, that address client-specific issues like blended families, non-residents, beneficiaries with disabilities, foreign assets, business succession planning, charitable giving, and tax planning.

Prior to joining RBC Wealth Management, Andrew practiced law at two Bay Street firms in Toronto in the areas of estate and trust planning, administration, and litigation; non-profit law; family law; and personal tax planning. Andrew draws on his experience advising high-net-worth, ultra-high-net-worth, and family office clients to provide estate planning recommendations tailored to each RBC client’s unique circumstances.

Andrew obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from York University and Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School. Andrew holds the specialized designation of Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) from STEP Canada, is a member of the Ontario Bar Association, and is licensed by the Law Society of Ontario.

As Vice-President & Estate Planning Specialist, Thomas specializes in the preservation and enhancement of wealth. He employs a comprehensive process to assess your wealth management needs and recommend creative, tax-exempt insurance solutions to address them.

Thomas will create a tailored plan using insurance solutions to increase and secure your wealth, reduce the impact of future taxation and structure your estate so your wealth is transferred to your heirs in accordance with your wishes. Thomas evaluates various insurance offerings including life insurance, annuity and living benefits.

Thomas joined the insurance industry in 1984 after completing a university degree in economics. In 1995, he joined RBC Wealth Management and is one of the agency’s longest serving employees. Highlighting his commitment to the industry, Thomas also holds the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation.

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.

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.

As a Private Client Insurance Specialist, Saman takes great pride in helping people protect their wealth, possessions and lifestyle. Prior to joining RBC Private Insurance, Saman worked with High-Net-Worth families as an underwriter at Chubb Canada.

Saman has over 10 years of experience in sales, customer service, and underwriting in both personal and commercial insurance. She takes a tailored approach through a Personal Risk Assessment to identify vulnerabilities for clients and address them through an advice-based approach.

Saman is a graduate of the Insurance Management Program at Humber College and is currently working towards her Chartered Insurance Professional Designation (CIP) in addition to her OTL license. Saman holds a Bachelor of Art in theater and is very passionate about people, culture, and art.

In her downtime, Saman likes to spend time in nature, visiting museums and watching performance arts in different cities around the world. Saman also enjoys baking and cooking and creating new recipes for her family and friends.

Steve specializes in helping companies with Employee Retention and Attraction through a Financial Wellness program called RBC Group Advantage. He primarily helps businesses grow through establishing a Group Savings Programs and Pension Plans for employees. With 21 years of experience at RBC and a passion to see companies’ employees being cared for financially, Steve strives to exceed the employee experience and expectation set forth from companies.