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.
As a Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, Prashant, together with your primary RBC advisor, helps you explore succession, tax, retirement and estate planning issues you face as a business owner.
His guidance supports clients in their relationships with their external professional advisors, with whom he frequently interacts.
His expertise includes tax and estate planning for business owners, executives, retirees, sports professionals and individuals with U.S. issues. He also assists individuals facing significant financial events (sale of business, financial windfall, retirement, job loss, moving to Canada, leaving Canada, etc.)
Prior to joining RBC in 1999, Prashant honed his expertise by working as a Canadian and U.S. tax specialist for two of the big four accounting firms in downtown Toronto.
Prashant is a Certified Financial Planner, Associate of the Society of Actuaries and member of both the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and Canadian
Tax Foundation.
Barrington Grey, CFP, CLU, FEA
Vice-President & Estate Planning Specialist, RBC Wealth Management Financial Services Inc.
After four years with a leading life insurer, Barrington joined RBC in 1993 to help RBC advisors introduce their clients to a new strategy to build and protect their wealth: tax-exempt insurance. Since then, clients, along with their tax and legal advisors, have come to rely on his expertise and advice as a recognized specialist on insurance-based wealth enhancement and protection.
Barrington is an accredited Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter and Family Enterprise Advisor. He is also a member of CALU, the Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting which mandates interests specific to advanced financial planning issues related to estate planning and corporate-owned life insurance, to name a few.
Always willing to contribute to the insurance community, Barrington is regularly called upon as a featured speaker at national conferences held by life insurers and affiliated industry associations.
Jonah attended the University of Ottawa where he completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 2003. He subsequently attended Dalhousie University where he completed his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree in 2006. Upon completion of his articling position, Jonah practiced law for four years in the areas of tax and estate planning and corporate law where he worked closely with individuals and business owners to implement complex solutions to meet their particular needs.
In 2011, Jonah entered the financial services industry where he has spent his career completing comprehensive estate and financial plans and acting as a resource for high net worth and business owner clients.
Jonah received his CFP designation in 2013 and is a member of FP Canada as well as the Law Society of Ontario.
As a Will & Estate Consultant, Jonah provides comprehensive estate planning services to clients, offering sensible and practical solutions to meet their individual needs..
As a Will and Estate Advisor for the Central Canada Region, Jennifer Wan brings an approach to estate planning that centers on understanding and addressing the unique needs of each client, working collaboratively with clients and their trusted advisors to help create a comprehensive, custom and effective estate plan that meets their particular needs.
Jennifer earned a Juris Doctor degree and a Master of Laws from Bond University in Australia. She is also a graduate of the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Legal Studies and minor in Human Resources Management.
Prior to joining RBC Royal Trust, Jennifer practiced law in the areas of estate litigation, corporate, commercial, real estate, and Wills and estate planning. She continues to deepen her knowledge and expertise by working towards completing the Canadian Securities Course and obtaining the Trust and Estate Practitioner designation from STEP Canada.
Whether clients hope to protect a disabled heir, incorporate succession planning for their business, address the unique concerns arising from second spouses and blended families, minimize family conflicts, or deal with beneficiaries or assets that are situated outside of Canada, Jennifer can help with their estate plan. The combination of her professional expertise and her commitment to provide practical solutions makes Jennifer an invaluable resource for both clients and their financial advisors.
Jennifer is bilingual in English and Cantonese and has professional working proficiency in Mandarin. In her free time, Jennifer enjoys cooking, baking, and creating event backdrops and decorations.
Zain is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP). He has completed the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada’s In-Depth Tax Course and holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University (major in Accounting). In his previous role as a Senior Tax Manager at one of the global major accounting firms, Zain specialized in providing tax planning and compliance services to high net worth individuals, private businesses, estates, trusts and partnerships.
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 Zain, 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 taxefficiently 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.
Anthony brings over ten years of extensive banking and lending experience to RBC Private Banking. As your Private Banker, Anthony's main purpose will be to enhance your banking experience, delivering discreet and personalized financial counsel. Anthony will bring speed, efficiency and knowledge to your requests and needs.
As a trusted financial advisor, Anthony works closely with his clients to build customized advice and wealth management solutions that cover estate and succession planning, credit, cash management and sophisticated, convenient day-to-day banking offerings. Anthony also partners with top experts from across RBC to bring his clients an unparalleled range of innovative product solutions and services. When necessary, Anthony will work with his clients' other professional advisors to deliver comprehensive, integrated financial solutions.
Having spent most of his life in Montreal, Anthony is perfectly bilingual, fluent in both English and French. Anthony started his banking career while completing his Bachelors of Commerce degree in Finance from Concordia's John Molson School of Business. From there, he climbed the ladder of retail banking, starting as a Customer Service Representative all the way through to Branch Manager. During this time, Anthony decided to deepen his business acumen and successfully completed his Executive MBA from Concordia University. Anthony's personal interests include hockey (playing and watching) and understanding the complex maze of airline reward programs.