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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.

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, Kevin Neiser provides comprehensive wealth management and financial planning 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 through customized banking and financial solutions. His goal is to deliver unparalleled service while building lasting relationships based on a thorough understanding of each client's unique needs and goals.

When necessary, he collaborates with specialists across RBC to provide clients with a complete range of complementing services. Ranging from investment management to estate and legacy planning, and from domestic and international trust services to sophisticated credit, Kevin can propose targeted strategies to help clients achieve their 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.

After earning a degree in Economics from University of Guelph, Kevin has continued to deepen knowledge and experience with key industry designations such as Personal Financial Planning (PFP) designation.

Away from the office, Kevin enjoys skiing, camping and trips to Disney World with his wife and children.

Megan completed her undergraduate degree at McGill University, obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Windsor and became a member of the Law Society of Ontario in 1998. For most of the 15 years following her call to the bar, Megan was in private practice, specializing in the areas of complex estate planning and administration, incapacity planning, trust planning and administration and family business succession for high-net-worth families. Megan joined RBC Wealth Management in February 2013. Megan is a registered Trust and Estate Practitioner with STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and has completed Levels I and II of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Depth Tax Course.

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.

Rebecca is recognized as an experienced and proven expert in the field of comprehensive financial planning within Canada’s leading wealth management firm. Over many years she has helped countless high-net-worth families understand how to deal with complex tax, estate, retirement and business succession planning decisions, and most importantly, how to help clients accomplish their stated objectives with their wealth. 

Rebecca holds a CFP designation which is the industry recognized gold standard for financial planning. In addition, she holds the TEP designation as a member of the Canadian association of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, a worldwide organization of professionals who practice in the areas of wealth structuring, tax planning, estate planning, insurance planning, philanthropy, business succession planning, and the intergenerational transfer of wealth. 

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 Rebecca Henri, a Financial Planning Specialist, 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. 

To schedule a meeting with Rebecca Henri, please contact your advisor. 

Teresa Anastasopoulos is a Private Client Insurance Specialist. Through a personalized risk assessment approach, she provides tailored insurance solutions to protect your real estate, possessions and lifestyle.

Teresa has over 26 years of industry experience. Prior to joining RBC, she was a trusted Account Executive at brokerages such as Gallagher and Jones DesLauriers. Teresa holds a Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) and Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker (CAIB) designation with the Insurance Institute of Canada.

Teresa is proud to represent RBC Private Insurance and is passionate about providing best in class service. Together with her team, she will work with you to protect what matters most.

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.