As a Premier Banking Advisor for the Greater Edmonton Region, Alexandra works as a single point of contact, providing banking and credit solutions for select high net worth individuals and their families. She partners with Investment Advisors and Counsellors across the region and provides personalized service and tailored advice to efficiently manage their clients' day-to-day banking needs.
Alexandra has worked in the financial industry for over 18 years and brings in-depth experience to the Premier Banking role. Over the past 9 years, she worked as a Business Account Manager in Business Markets focusing on relationship management with business owners.
Alexandra holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Alberta, major in Finance. Committed to giving back to her community, Alexandra volunteers with Edmonton Food Bank and Edmonton Ronald McDonald House.
Alexandra was born in Taipei, Taiwan and has called Edmonton home for over 30+ years. When she is not hard at work for her clients, Alexandra enjoys travelling, reading mystery novels and hiking.
Ranju is a firm believer in the importance of protecting what matters most to employees - their health and ability to earn an income. With over 20 years of experience in Group Benefits, Ranju is motivated by helping others succeed and looks forward to helping your business with its insurance needs.
Ranju grew up in Prince Rupert, a small town in Northern BC, is married, and has an adult son. She loves to travel and is a nature lover, spending her spare time chasing waterfalls, and ocean landscapes.
Ranju is driven to learn and constnatly pushes herself to grow. In addition to strong performance results, she has attained her Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS), Group Benefits Associate (GBA), Retirement Plans Associate (RPA) and Compensation Management Specialist (CMS) designations.
Estate Planning Specialist, RBC Wealth Management Financial Services Inc.
Katie’s genuine interest in understanding client’s desires and objectives has been a key driver to her success. She works to build strong relationships with RBC’s clientele of affluent families, professionals, executives and business owners while partnering with their trusted advisors to ensure they receive a collaborative and mindful approach to their wealth planning needs.
As an Estate Planning Specialist, Katie lends her expertise by providing insurance-based solutions as a foundation for clients to strengthen their wealth goals of managing financial risk, protecting or transferring wealth while enhancing their ultimate estate plans.
Katie’s home away from office is in Sherwood Park, AB, where she was born and raised. She and her husband Chris have moved just outside of the city limits to an acreage where they are raising their 3 children who continually keep them on their toes with soccer games and dance practices.
Bryn Bezaire graduated from the University of Alberta with a B.A. in 2002 and with a Bachelor of Laws in 2005. She was called to the Alberta Bar in 2006.
Early in her career Bryn briefly practiced family law, but for the 14 years prior to joining RBC, she practiced exclusively in the areas of Wills, estate planning, incapacity planning, estate probate, estate administration, and trusts. Her practice included advising on high net worth estates, cross border estates, and tax matters relating to estate planning, as well as making various court applications including passing of accounts, validation and rectification, and Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship matters. The majority of her Wills and estates practice took place at a boutique Wills and estates law firm and later at a mid-sized full service law firm.
Bryn has spoken at many public and private seminars on the importance of proper estate planning, including planning for incapacity and succession. For many years she was a regular speaker during Edmonton Wills Week, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation.
Arun is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta and has completed CPA Canada's In-Depth Tax Course.
Prior to joining RBC, Arun was a tax manager with a large international public accounting firm. His professional focus is in the areas of personal and corporate tax compliance, corporate reorganizations and tax planning, personal tax planning, as well as trust and estate planning for high-net-worth individuals and family-owned businesses.
As a Financial Planning Specialist, Arun’s role is to work with and support your advisor in preparing and presenting your Compass Financial Plan, as well as, to identify and assess any related financial, tax, and retirement planning concerns you may have.