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G
Vanden Bosch & Associates has been based in rural Ottawa for over 35 years
servicing primarily small and medium-sized businesses and their owners.  We help our clients navigate the world of
financial numbers,  government demands, and economic changes. With reliable information, we can identify options that create stability,
resilience, and peace of mind.

I am a Certified Financial Planner serving clients in British Columbia  and Alberta. We protect our clients and their families and help them achieve
certainty, security, and tax efficiency in their income, investment, and estate planning needs. Although we serve a wide variety of clients, our focus is on those who are retired or nearing retirement. Having been in business for myself in various roles earlier in my career, I bring a unique understanding of business owner clients, and the challenges and rewards they face.

I am a CPA and I am a Partner in a Scarborough based firm, Vanderkolff & Associate CPA's.  Our firm provides accounting services to individuals and small businesses mainly in the GTA and surrounding areas.  We offer services in personal, corporate, Estate and Trust taxes as well as a wide variety of other essential accounting needs. 

Estate taxes and services are of particular interest to me and I have worked closely with many Executors.  I can offer guidance, advice as well as prepare the required returns, requests, statement of accounts and applicable CRA filings. My role is to assist in the proper filings and to ensure that proper taxes are paid taking into account any possible tax savings.

Micheline Varas, BA, RHU, RFC, EPC, GBDS

Senior Partner, Senior VP Living Benefits

CustomPlan Financial Advisors

Micheline assures safeguarding financial advice is of the highest quality. She works in conjunction with several insurers and their respective underwriters delivering results to individuals and corporate clients. Micheline is also a resource to financial advisors and large institutions. Her focus is to structure and ensure creative, cost and tax effective risk mitigation solutions. She believes that professional financial advice adds significant value to individuals and their businesses. To provide the best to clients, Micheline works with the best! This mindset allows for collaboration with independent specialists delivering comprehensive plans designed to create value. Her extensive experience in Living Benefits enabled Micheline to be the first recipient of the GBDS (Group Benefits Disability Specialist) designation in Canada, and a founding moderator for the Canadian Initiative for Elder Planning Studies. A Top of the Table (MDRT – Million Dollar Round Table) member, Micheline has penned many industry and non-industry publications, holds various training and educational events and has been a speaker at numerous national and international congresses. In 2014 Micheline was named one of 50 Women of Influence in Canada’s insurance industry.

Irene
Vassalo  BA, CFP®, CEA, EPC, RRC

Principal, IG Private Wealth Management, Vassalo & Associates

Irene thrives on building relationships and knows that
holistic, personalized planning is key to a life well-lived. Those who benefit
most from working with Irene are affluent clients seeking to grow, protect and
share their wealth.  Irene is a Certified Financial Planner® who’s been in
the financial services industry since 1995.  She graduated from the
University of Waterloo and holds the Elder Planning Counselor and Registered
Retirement Counselor designations.  Irene is a familiar face having
appeared in magazines and on radio and television.  She’s also highly
involved in her community through such organizations as She Shares, in support
of St. Mary’s Hospital, and Cambridge Memorial Hospital.

Vassalo & Associates Private Wealth Management's mission is to improve clients' lives by helping them achieve new heights of financial success.  The team's more than 70 years combined experience in financial services has taught them the importance of continuous development, a collaborative approach, and providing a superb client experience.

I am a FCPA,FCA,CGA,CFP,ICD.D and advising retired partner from a public practise firm in Alberta.   I already have significant experience acting as an executor for many different estates from farms, businesses, simple and complicated estates including insolvent estates. my goal is to help people through this process and use the years of experience ive gained to ease their burden

I am co-founder of Prairie
Wealth Planning Consultants - a fee-based and independent financial planning firm based in Brandon, Manitoba.  

I
serve as lead the Financial Planner for a select group of professionals,
business owners, farmers and seniors - providing perspective and financial clarity when needed.  For many, I become somewhat of a Family CFO.

I have been advising clients for 30 years.

I am dedicated to raising the
professional bar of the financial planning profession.  I served on the board of the Western Manitoba
Chapter of Advocis for 9 years and am an advocate and member of both the
Canadian Association of Farm Advisors and the Financial Planning Association of
Canada.


In additional to being a CEA, I obtained several insurance, investment and
financial planning designations, including Financial Management Advisor (2003),
Certified Financial Planner (2003), Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute
(2004), Certified Professional Consultant on Aging (2009), Chartered Life
Underwriter (2011) and Elder Planning Counselor (2021).

Santo Veltri is an experienced practitioner
in Wills and Estates and family law at
Bianchi Presta LLP in Vaughan, Ontario. He received his LL.B. degree from
Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the bar in Ontario in 1983.

Santo’s practice includes the preparation
of Wills and Powers of Attorney for Property and Personal Care. He acts on
behalf of clients to obtain Certificates of Appointment of Estate Trustee With
or Without a Will, advises Trustees and Executors with respect to their duties
and responsibilities as fiduciaries, and gives guidance on various aspects of
estate administration. In his family law practice, he assists clients on a
broad range of estate planning issues that often come into play in domestic
agreements.

Life will always give us challenges, it is up to you if you react, or respond, let’s build a strong plan and have a choice! Helping you find safe footing during the storm of life, securing your finances with proven financial strategies and strong financial products to see you through.

As an accredited financial advisor, I look forward to seeing how I can help you!

Professional Realtor for over 22 years, with numerous top sales awards. Helped hundreds of people achieve their real estate goals in Buying, Selling, Investing and Leasing real estate. Very update on trending markets and regulations. Primary work in Toronto East, Durham Region and Markham.

Richard is a Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, Chartered Investment Manager, Certified Executor Advisor and owner of WealthSmart Incorporated. He has instructed many financial workshops since 1994, including Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement and The WealthSmart Workshop series. He is also available to businesses and community groups for speaking engagements.

His business experience since 1985 has ultimately taught him that nothing is more important to people than changing their worlds. The same experience has also allowed him to see through a lot of the noise in the financial industry and to favour science over speculation. 

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, his heart is right here in Richmond, BC, where he has lived since 1970. He and his wife, Zinha, have three awesome sons – Peter, Matt and Daniel.

The whole family has been involved in the community in many ways and feels it is their mission to helping others achieve their dreams. Richard is dedicated to lifelong learning and loves time with family, cycling, hiking and photography.