Benjamin Tal is responsible for analyzing economic developments and their implications for North American fixed income, equity, foreign exchange and commodities markets. He also acts in an advisory capacity to bank officers on issues related to wealth management, household/corporate credit and risk. Benjamin is a regular commentator on financial and economic trends in the Canadian and American media.

As CIBC’s tax expert, Jamie supports CIBC Wood Gundy investment advisors in delivering integrated financial planning and advisory solutions to our high-net-worth clients. Jamie is quoted frequently in the national media and writes a weekly National Post column called Tax Expert.

Francesco applies his knowledge and experience to assist wealthy Canadian families achieve their financial goals and enjoy peace of mind. As a Wealth Strategist, Francesco takes an in-depth approach to understand your unique situation and provides formal recommendations to optimize your financial affairs with specific emphasis on tax optimization, estate and trust planning. An accredited financial professional with over 15 years' experience Francesco works with clients to facilitate a seamless implementation of recommendations.

Jim has supported wealth advisors and their clients for close to 30 years, helping thousands of high-net-worth families better plan their estates with straightforward advice.

An expert in Canadian life insurance strategies, Jim helps clients develop a robust estate plan, providing guidance on deferring and/or funding tax liabilities and tax-sheltered insurance to provide immediate liquidity, ensuring family assets remain in the family. He helps families navigate complex value and ownership situations including managing the division of non-liquid assets, such as a private business, family farm or cottage.

Jim also ensures that families take into account philanthropic goals and consider all possible insurance strategies to preserve wealth for future generations.

Meghan has considerable experience working with small business owners and high-net-worth individuals, providing them with the financial advice necessary to help them achieve their goals. She and her associate work closely with partners from across the CIBC Group of Companies to provide answers to our client’s immediate questions and provide recommendations on how to best position their financial resources for the future. Meghan has been with CIBC since 2010, and prior to that spent a number of years working with a boutique financial institution in Ireland where she developed her true passion for client service.

As a Private Banking Advisor, Dianne believes it is important to understand her clients’ values, dreams and goals and to provide them with the financial stewardship to help realize them. She works closely with colleagues from across the CIBC Group of Companies to provide answers to our clients’ immediate questions but also provide recommendations on how to best position their financial resources for the future. With CIBC since 2004, Dianne's clients greatly value this level of highly personalized attention and service.

As a Senior Trust and Estate Consultant, my goal is to provide you and your family with confidence and peace of mind regarding your estate plan. For complex estate and trust issues, I draw on the expertise of my CIBC partners, recommend external professionals and act as an objective third-party to help develop solutions. Administering an estate, trust or acting as an attorney for property is time consuming and requires a knowledge of many different areas.

My team and I have the expertise to execute, or assist others with the execution of those roles effectively and efficiently, thereby relieving the burden of the administration from those appointed and allowing them to focus on what matters most.

Elaine obtained extensive experience in wealth planning for high-net-worth and ultra-net-worth clients through various roles in some of the largest financial institutions. 

As a Wealth Strategist, Elaine takes an in-depth approach guiding clients through our integrated wealth planning process with thoughtful consideration of each client and their family’s unique financial situation and their long-term goals for the future.

Elaine collaborates with internal and external teams of specialists to develop a customized wealth plan that is comprehensive and forward-looking to help each client and their family achieve their financial success, as they define it, and further to the stewardship of their family wealth and legacy. Elaine also holds an MBA degree and speaks Mandarin and Cantonese.

• Certified Financial Planner (CFP®)
• Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)