As a Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, Darren, together with your primary RBC advisor, helps you explore succession, tax, retirement and estate planning issues you face as a business owner.
Prior to joining RBC, Darren was a tax partner with a national accounting and advisory firm where he focused on providing tax planning services to high net worth families and shareholders of privately held businesses. Darren guided clients through many of the complex personal and corporate issues faced by high net worth families and business owners by developing strategies for wealth preservation and tax minimization, the transfer of wealth to the next generation, and estate and succession planning.
Darren, together with your primary RBC advisor, helps you explore succession, tax, retirement and estate planning issues you face as a high net worth client. Darren specializes in tax and estate planning for business owners and high net worth families.
Darren is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant and has completed the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Depth Tax Course,
the Corporate Reorganization Course and the Tax Planning for the Owner Manager Course. Darren is a TEP designated member of STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation. Darren is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Zora Booker, CPA, CGA, MBA, TEP
Vice President, Business Owner Specialist, RBC Family Office Services
Prior to joining RBC in 2014, Zora spent over a decade with a mid-size Canadian accounting and business advisory firm where she focused on assisting owner- managers and their families with personal, trust and corporate tax planning and compliance. Zora focused on development and implementation of strategies for wealth preservation in the context of tax, estate and succession planning.
Zora, together with your primary RBC advisor, helps you to explore succession, tax, retirement and estate planning issues you face as a business owner. Zora specializes in tax and estate planning for business owners and high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families.
Zora received a Bachelor degree in Science from Simon Fraser University and a Master in Business Administration from the University of British Columbia. Zora is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified General Accountant. Zora
has completed the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Depth Tax Courses, as well as the Advanced Tax Issues for the Owner-Managed Business Course. Zora is also a TEP designated member of STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners).
Sean Murray, MBA, CPA, CMA, TEP
Vice-President & Estate Planning Specialist, RBC Wealth Management Financial Services Inc.
Prior to entering the life insurance industry more than 20 years ago Sean was a senior manager in the tax group of a national accounting firm. With experience in personal and corporate tax, estate and succession planning, and corporate reorganizations, Sean provides a fresh perspective to his clients' estate planning needs. Sean works closely with you and your professional advisors to develop and implement tax-efficient strategies to help meet your wealth management goals.
A Chartered Professional Accountant, Sean holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario. Sean is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Craig Dale, B.Comm. (Hons), CPA, CA, TEP
Financial Planning Specialist, RBC Wealth Management Canada
Craig is a Chartered Professional Accountant, holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Queens University, has completed and tutored the CICA In-Depth Tax Courses and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Canada).
In his previous role as a tax manager at one of the leading international accounting firms, Craig specialized in developing and implementing tax planning strategies for high net worth individuals, their owner managed entities and family trusts with a focus on succession and estate planning. Craig has also assisted with the tax planning for corporate sales, acquisitions, and reorganizations.
Craig’s role as a Financial Planning Specialist is to work with and support your advisor in preparing and presenting your comprehensive Compass Financial Plans and to identify and assess any related financial and tax planning concerns you might have.