Ali brings over ten years of extensive investment experience to his role as an Investment & Wealth Advisor at RBC Dominion Securities, where he manages custom-designed investment strategies for clients.
His guidance supports clients in achieving their objectives around growing and protecting wealth, converting wealth to income, and transferring wealth to the next generation.
His expertise includes investment research, portfolio risk mitigation, and tax planning for investment income. He also collaborates with accountants to ensure coordination of tax and investment advice.
Prior to joining RBC, Ali honed his expertise by working as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and the World Bank.
Ali is a Chartered Investment Manager, Certified Financial Planner, a graduate of the Ivey Business School, and an occasional columnist for The Globe and Mail.
Susannah Musselman, CPA, CA, CMA
Vice-President & Financial Planning Specialist, RBC Wealth Management Canada
Susannah is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Management Accountant and Certified Financial Planner. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Waterloo, specializing in Chartered Accountancy.
Prior to joining RBC, Susannah provided comprehensive financial planning guidance and advice to executives, business owners, professionals and high net worth families. Susannah uses a holistic approach to helping clients address all areas of their financial planning.
Susannah’s role is to work with and support your Investment Advisor in preparing and presenting comprehensive Compass Financial Plans.
Alleen earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from York University and her law degree from the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law in 2008. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 2009.
Prior to joining RBC, Alleen practiced in the areas of Estate Planning and Administration, Corporate/Commercial law and Real Estate law in a mid-sized law firm. Alleen advised her clients on a breadth of legal issues, including key considerations in setting up legal business structures, succession planning and estate planning.
Alleen fosters a multidisciplinary approach to each client’s unique needs, drawing on various advisors’ expertise and offering her own to identify issues for further consideration and review, together with information and guidance which are both sensible and practical.
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 Premier Banking Advisor for the greater Toronto area, Claudia Diaz works as a single point of contact providing banking and credit solutions for select clients of Dominion Securities and their families. Partnering with Investment Advisors across the region, she provides personalized service and tailored advice to help clients save time and effectively manage their day-to-day banking and credit solutions.
With 15 years of experience in the financial industry with Royal Bank of Canada, Claudia is well respected by both her clients and peers alike. Prior to her current role Claudia was a Financial Advisor, Banking Advisor, as well as an Operational support role at RBC. Clients appreciate Claudia’s extensive experience as a banking and advisory professional and her commitment to efficiently meeting their needs and simplifying their financial affairs.
Committed to giving back to her community, as part of RBC’s community events Claudia has volunteer for the Aga Khan Museum, Evergreen Brickworks and the Daily Bread Food Bank. In addition, she is very passionate in helping the less fortunate here at home as well as in other countries.
Born in El Salvador, Claudia moved to Canada in 1993 and lives in Toronto with her husband, three children and grandson. In her spare time, Claudia loves spending time with her family and friends who inspire and motivate her life.
As a Regional Trust Advisor, Jessie Lamont serves clients throughout the GTA, and the Grey, Simcoe and Muskoka Regions. With a career focused on client-facing roles, Jessie is dedicated to her clients and provides a personalized service tailored to their specific needs. She works effectively with executors and beneficiaries providing peace of mind knowing there is stability and continuity to the long-term relationships.
A graduate of Queen’s University Faculty of Law with a Juris Doctorate, Jessie also holds Bachelor of Arts, Honours, in History and Gender Studies jointly conferred by Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College. She has continued to deepen her knowledge and expertise with key industry designations, such as the Wills and Estates Intensive Certificate from Osgoode Professional Development, and is currently working towards her TEP Designation with the Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners (STEP). Jessie is a student member of STEP, and a member of the Canada Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, and Young Women in Law (YWL), for which she serves as Vice President and Director of Membership on the Board of Directors.
Jessie works with individuals, families and businesses to provide customized estate, trust and incapacity solutions. 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, Jessie can help.
With more than five years of legal experience and more than three of those focused exclusively on estate, trust, and disability planning, administration, and litigation—Jessie brings to each client the necessary skills set to provide both the technical expertise and the genuine understanding of the emotional complexities that underlie these issues. Jessie understands that no two clients are the same and together with her RBC partners, she can find the solution that’s right for you.