Greg Phillips, FCSI®, CIM®, FMA, B. Comm. (Hons.)
Portfolio Manager, Investment Advisor
Robert Byler, AIFP
Senior Portfolio Manager, Senior Investment Advisor
Lori Wright
Associate
Graydon Harris
Associate
Karen Chen
Associate
Chris Harrison, CFP
Financial Planner
Located in the Vancouver office of Richardson Wealth, Chris rounds out the Tax & Estate Planning team’s coast-to-coast support of Richardson Wealth’s Investment Advisors and their clients. Drawing upon the collective knowledge and experience of the Tax & Estate Planning team, he works closely with Investment Advisors to deliver comprehensive wealth planning services covering tax, financial, estate, insurance and investment planning needs to their clients.
With his engineering and corporate planning experience coupled with over two decades in the financial services sector, Chris brings his passion to the table in delivering comprehensive wealth planning solutions. Relishing the challenges brought forth by ever-changing tax and regulatory environments, he creates comprehensive, understandable, and practical solutions for our clients’ diverse financial needs.
Chris is a Certified Financial Planner® practitioner and has completed the Canadian Securities Course (CSC), the Life License Qualification Program (LLQP) and the Canadian Investment Funds Course (IFIC). Chris has also completed certification (with honours) in the area of personal tax review and preparation.
Eleena Swan, CFP®, CLU, EPC
Estate & Insurance Advisor
Eleena Swan is an estate and insurance advisor who works closely with investment advisors to deliver comprehensive insurance planning services to their clients.
She has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry and has developed an extensive knowledge of life and health insurance as well as complex insurance strategies. Eleena employs a dedicated, compassionate, holistic planning-based approach to assist clients with preserving their wealth so they can enjoy what they have worked so hard to build. Her dedication and compassionate approach ensures that plans are custom tailored to each client’s unique set of circumstances and delivered with a high level of care.
Eleena holds her Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter and Elder Planning Counsellor designations and is a life member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT). Her passion for the industry has led her to volunteer her time and help others. She currently volunteers with the Advocis Programs Committee, and is a past vice-president of the Board of Directors at the Houston Chamber of Commerce as well as an MDRT Foundation Canada Board Member, which is the philanthropic arm of MDRT. Eleena also maintains memberships with the Financial Advisors Association of Canada (Advocis) and the Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC).
Sylvia Azoulay, TEP
Vice President, Tax & Estate Planning
Sylvia works closely with Investment Advisors and their clients to explore and identify issues that address clients’ overall wealth planning needs. She helps clients formulate objectives, understand issues and strategies and facilitates implementation of their goals. Sylvia understands the sensitive issues relating to family dynamics and wealth transfer.
Sylvia is an estate planning lawyer with many years of experience. Prior to joining Richardson Wealth, she was a principal in her own strategic wealth planning firm and also spent many years in the financial industry dealing with wealth planning solutions for high net worth clients.
Sylvia has been an instructor at Humber College School of Business and at the Bar Admission course at the Law Society of Upper Canada. She is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and the Estate Planning Council of Toronto. She is a seasoned presenter on topics of importance to high net worth families.
Gorav Seth
Director, Head of PCCMP
Gorav has worked for over 16 years in corporate finance and investment banking at leading independent investment dealers in Canada. His areas of expertise include Canadian capital markets, corporate finance, accounting, and M&A.
Gorav currently serves as the Head of Capital Markets for Richardson Wealth, the largest independent wealth manager in Canada and sits on the investment committee for the firm. He is responsible for of all new issues for the firm, including public and private offerings, real estate, structured products, and structured notes. Gorav is also involved in generating new investment ideas while filtering issuers and identifying risks/opportunities for the firm’s $36b network of HNW retail investors and private family office clients.
Prior to his role at Richardson, Gorav spent several years in investment banking at GMP Securities (now Stifel GMP) working in diversified industries and special situations. During his career, Gorav has successfully advised clients on transactions ranging from M&A and restructuring to IPOs, RTOs, and underwriting. Gorav has completed over $6 billion of lead transactions during his tenure in the capital markets and has worked alongside family office to deploy capital into many late-stage venture companies across a variety of sectors including blockchain technology, entertainment/media, cannabis, and brown field mining exploration.
Romain Marguet
Vice President, Alternative Investments
Mr. Marguet joined Richardson Wealth in January 2016 and is responsible for the oversight of the alternative asset platform for the firm, as well as origination of new alternative products. A role that sees him working in various capacities with asset managers in the hedge fund, private equity, private debt and venture capital asset classes. Mr. Marguet started his career in the financial services industry in 2000 with BMO Nesbitt Burns. He has held increasingly senior positions in Canada and internationally. Prior to joining Richardson Wealth Limited, he worked for a long-standing hedge fund manager and a boutique private equity firm in Toronto and overseas. Prior to working abroad, Mr. Marguet held the position of Vice President with Raymond James, a Fortune 500 company that had recently established its presence in Canada. Mr. Marguet received an Hon. B.A. in Economics from the University of Toronto in 2003. He is currently active on various industry boards and committees and fluent in both French and English.