Extended team

Jason is an integral member of the team, helping to create, preserve and increase wealth by incorporating insurance-based solutions within comprehensive financial plans.

Specializing in estate planning, Jason applies innovative and tax-efficient solutions to a variety of wealth management issues and is skilled at simplifying their complexities. His individualized approach to personal and corporate insurance planning helps clients achieve their wealth management objectives and reach their estate and financial goals.

Beginning his financial services career in 1996, Jason joined RBC in 2006. Beforehand, he spent 10 years with a leading life insurer, focused on providing insurance solutions expertise to advisors and their teams.

Mona-Lisa is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and has a Bachelor in Business Administration (Major in Accounting) from Université de Moncton. Mona-Lisa has completed the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada’s In-Depth Tax Course. She also holds the Financial Planner designation from the Quebec Institute of Financial Planners (IQPF) and the Certified Financial Planner® designation from the Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC).

Prior to joining RBC, Mona-Lisa was employed as a Tax Manager at one of the world’s leading accounting firms. She specialized in providing personal, corporate, and estate planning services to high-net-worth individuals and their owner-managed entities.

Mona-Lisa believes that planning is critical to helping people meet their financial goals. Mona-Lisa’s role is to work with and support your advisor in preparing and presenting comprehensive Compass Financial Plans.

Christy obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree (Anthropology) from the University of Waterloo in 2006 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie University in 2009. She was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2010.

Following her call to the Bar, Christy was in private practice with a large regional firm and practiced primarily in the areas of Wills, estates and trust law and litigation. Beginning in 2013, she worked exclusively in the area of Will and estate planning with a major trust company. Christy joined RBC Wealth Management in 2018.

Christy is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society.

As a Senior Will and Estate Advisor for the Atlantic Region, Angèle LeBlanc brings an approach to estate planning that centers on understanding and addressing the unique situation of each client. She works collaboratively with clients and their trusted advisors to help craft a comprehensive, effective and tailored estate plan that meets their individual needs.

Whether clients are taking their first steps towards wealth transition to the next generation or if they have specific requirements—such as protecting a disabled heir, planning for blended families, or ensuring a child’s inheritance is properly structured—Angèle has the knowledge to provide sound guidance and various options for consideration in their plan.

Prior to joining RBC Royal Trust, Angèle worked in private practice where she focused on estate planning, and then transitioned to trust companies where she focused on estates and trusts. She is a graduate of Dalhousie Law School with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), and has continued to deepen her knowledge and expertise with key industry designations, such as the Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designation and is an active participant of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

(STEP Canada).

The combination of her professional experience and commitment to providing practical guidance, in addition to her ability to put clients at ease, makes Angèle an invaluable resource for both clients and their financial advisors. 

As a Senior Trust Advisor, Natalie Melanson works with individuals, families, and businesses to provide customized estate, trust and incapacity solutions. She is responsible for managing a complex book of accounts for clients throughout the Atlantic Region.

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, Natalie can help.

She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa with an Honours Bachelor of Social Sciences in Economics and Public Policy, and has continued to deepen her knowledge and expertise with key industry designations, such as the Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designation, and is an active participant of STEP Canada.

Natalie is well known within the local estate and trust industry and delivers well-balanced advice by staying abreast of product, industry, investment, tax, and legislative developments. With a career focused on building client relationships, she is dedicated to assisting in the preservation, management, and transfer of wealth between generations by providing solutions to implement her clients’ estate and trust plans.

As a Premier Banking Advisor for the New-Brunswick & Prince Edward Island market, Raphael works as a single point of contact, offering best-in-class financial services to select clients of RBC Wealth Management and their families. His purpose is simple, providing personalized support and tailored advice to our high-net-worth clients to support all their banking and financing needs. With more than 11 years of experience at RBC working in an array of different roles ranging from product specialist (banking, credit cards, loans and mortgages, investments etc.) to team leadership, Raphael has become an expert at linking problems to solutions and leveraging the full power of RBC for his clients benefit.

Known for his unwavering commitment to client satisfaction, he has been well recognized in the organization by obtaining the highest awards for his contributions as well as receiving numerous accolades from peers and clients throughout the country.

While born in the Maritimes, Raphael resided in different cities coast to coast from Vancouver to Montreal and now lives in Moncton (New-Brunswick). He fluently speaks both French and English. In his time away from the office, Raphael loves traveling, trying out new restaurants and listening to music.