Our partners

As a Premier Banking Advisor, Amy DiRenzo provides banking and credit solutions to select high net worth individuals and their families. Acting as a single point of contact, she partners with Investment Advisors and Counsellors in Hamilton, Brantford, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls and Simcoe and provides personalized service, and tailored advice to effectively and efficiently manage their day-to-day banking needs.

With over 17 years of experience in financial services within RBC, Amy is respected by her clients, peers and the industry, and has enjoyed success in several different roles in assisting clients to achieve their goals. She has also been awarded and recognized a top performer.

Amy is deeply committed to giving back to the community. She has volunteered with various charities such as the Ronald McDonald House as well as the Hospital for Sick Children.

Born and raised in Niagara Region, in her spare time, Amy enjoys spending time and travelling with her husband and four year old daughter.

As a Premier Banking Advisor with RBC Wealth Management Private Banking, I provide personalized service, and tailored advice to help you efficiently manage your day-to-day banking needs. This service is available to high net worth clients like yourself, that work directly with our Wealth Management partners in and around the Golden Horseshoe.

Being your first point of contact for day-to-day banking, I work closely with your Investment Advisor, and I also have access to a trusted team of RBC specialists within the organization. Together we aim to provide you with tailored products and services all designed to support the short-and-long term goals of our Wealth Management clients, like yourself.

I have over 25 years' experience supporting clients, the last 17 years I have spent with RBC as a Business Relationship Manager. I have my Financial Counselling Certificate and value the importance of client-centricity, especially when dealing with financial matters. I strive to meet or exceed your expectations, I welcome and value your feedback.

I was born and raised in the Niagara region where I currently reside with my wife Sharon of 28 years and our 21-year-old twin boys, Carter and Caleb. During my down time I enjoy spending time outside whether it be going for a hike in the Shorthills with my family, or mastering my newfound green thumb doing landscaping in the yeard, or playing backyard mechanic on my F150. I look forward to building a trusted relationship with you.

Shannon worked in private practice for ten years before joining RBC in 2010.

She specialized in the areas of Wills & estate planning, estate administration and real estate. Shannon graduated from the University of Guelph with a Honours B.A. and received her LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1998. She is a Member of the Law Society of Ontario.

Shannon lives in Woodstock, Ontario with her husband and three kids.

Suzanne's focus is to protect and enhance family and business wealth. She is a trusted professional known for expert wealth management advice utilizing advanced, insurance-based tax and estate planning solutions.

Prior to RBC, Suzanne built her career at a major accounting firm and a boutique tax and estate planning firm. Along with professional designations, she has completed the CICA's In-Depth Tax Course. She was featured as an expert on BNN and HGTV's House Poor and has contributed to the Globe and Mail, National Post and co-authored 78 Tax Tips for Canadians for Dummies.

Suzanne uses her in-depth technical knowledge to carefully understand what can complicate your unique financial situation and collaborates with your other professionals to uncover where you might be exposed to excessive taxes and risk. This planning is essential for business owners, professionals, executives and those with charitable goals.

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.

Michael Huitema joined RBC in 2005 and brings extensive financial service knowledge to his private banking clients. He provides tailored wealth management solutions to business owners, executives and high net worth families in the Niagara Peninsula.

Mr. Huitema's career with RBC includes experience in retail banking, branch management and most recently commercial banking. In every role he has maintained a client-centric focus and worked in conjunction with clients other advisors to provide customized advice and strategies.

As a Private Banker Mr. Huitema and his team are focused on building long-term relationships based on sound advice, confidentiality, integrity and trust. Clients value his previous experience working in commercial banking due to his understanding of cash flow and ability to structure complex credit. He partners with other RBC experts in Canada and internationally to deliver customized solutions for all of his client's needs. Through this approach, clients benefit from tailored packages that include high-end credit solutions, wealth management planning, business succession planning, estate planning and domestic and international trust structures.

To ensure personalized and prompt service, Mr. Huitema works with a limited number of clients. This focused approach allows him to spend more time simplifying his clients' lives, working when necessary with his other professional advisors to deliver comprehensive, integrated financial solutions.

Mr. Huitema is a Personal Financial Planner and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance Concentration and a Masters of Business Administration from Brock University. Outside the office Mr. Huitema keeps busy as a Rotarian and volunteering at other community events. He also enjoys spending time at the cottage and skiing with his wife and kids.