FP Canada™ Committees and Panels
The FP Canada Board of Directors appoints members to five standing board committees and five independent panels to help carry out its responsibilities.
Committees
Board Development Committee
Compensation Committee
Finance and Audit Committee
Recognition and Awards Committee
Joint Strategy Committee
Panels
Examination Panels
Standards Panel
Conduct Review Panel
Hearing Panel Roster
Board Development Committee
The purpose of the Board Development Committee is to foster Board effectiveness by:
- Facilitating the effective functioning of the Board and enhancing the quality of Board governance, communications, engagement and collaboration, while fostering an effective Board/CEO relationship;
- Board succession planning;
- Establishing and assessing Director qualifications;
- Identifying and recruiting qualified Board, Officer, Committee and Panel candidates;
- Measuring Board performance;
- Overseeing the orientation and continuing education of Directors; and
- Developing, reviewing and revising (as necessary) Board Policies and By-laws.
Members
Ronald P. Harvey, CFP
Senior Financial Advisor
Investment Planning Counsel
Ottawa, ON
Teresa Black Hughes, CFP
Financial Advisor, Director
RGF Integrated Wealth Management
Vancouver, BC
Martin Dupras, Pl. Fin.
President
ConFor Financiers
Montreal, QC
Winston Maharaj
Retired Executive
Winnipeg, MB
Julie Raîche, BAA Pl. Fin.
Transformation des rôles et Stratégie de marché – Particuliers | Transformation and Market Strategy – Retail
Banque Nationale du Canada
Montreal, QC
David Wild
Retired Executive
Government of Saskatchewan
Regina, SK
Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities to:
- Set the compensation of the President & CEO;
- Negotiate, enter into and administer the employment contract of the President & CEO;
- Conduct the annual performance review of the President & CEO;
- Establish corporate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs);
- Review the organization’s HR program and total compensation philosophy; and
- Ensure an adequate succession plan for the President & CEO is in place.
Members
Martin Dupras, Pl. Fin.
President
ConFor Financiers
Montreal, QC
Ronald P. Harvey, CFP
Senior Financial Advisor
Investment Planning Counsel
Ottawa, ON
Susan Howe, CFP
Regional Financial Planning Consultant
RBC Financial Planning
Arnprior, ON
David Wild
Retired Executive
Government of Saskatchewan
Regina, SK
Finance and Audit Committee
The purpose of the Finance and Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in its oversight responsibilities as it relates to:
- Financial reporting and related compliance;
- External auditor selection, independence performance;
- Financial risk management; and
- Monitoring and reviewing investment policies, performance and management.
Members
Carolyn Fallis, CFP
Professor - Financial Planning, School of Accounting and Finance
George Brown College
Toronto, ON
Susan Howe, CFP
Regional Financial Planning Consultant
RBC Financial Planning
Arnprior, ON
Diana Iannetta
Vice President, Canadian Litigation
TD Bank Group
Toronto, ON
Pierre Piché
Retired Executive
Montreal, QC
Recognition and Awards Committee
The purpose of the Recognition and Awards Committee is to oversee the recognition of individuals through the following programs:
Members
Dan Busi, CFP
Vice President & Investment Counsellor
RBC PH&N Investment Counsel
Calgary, AB
Teresa Black Hughes, CFP
Financial Advisor, Director
RGF Integrated Wealth Management
Vancouver, BC
Christopher Dewdney, CFP
Principal
Dewdney & Co.
Toronto, ON
Yves L. Giroux, Pl. Fin.
Vice President of Multi-Network Business Development
Desjardins Financial Security
Toronto, ON
Brett Millard, CFP
Regional Director
IG Wealth Management
Kelowna, BC
Joint Strategy Committee
The Joint Strategy Committee is comprised of members from the FP Canada Board of Directors and the Institut québécois de planification financière (IQPF) Board of Directors.
The purpose of the Joint Strategy Committee is to:
- Share strategic discussions to the extent approved by each respective Board;
- Take on selected joint governance matters; and
- Be responsible for other items as determined by each of the Parties’ Board.
Members
FP Canada
Tashia Batstone, MBA, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D
President and CEO
FP Canada
Toronto, ON
Martin Dupras, Pl. Fin.
President
ConFor Financiers
Montreal, QC
Yves L. Giroux, Pl. Fin.
Vice President of Multi-Network Business Development
Desjardins Financial Security
Toronto, ON
Ronald P. Harvey, CFP
Senior Financial Advisor
Investment Planning Counsel
Ottawa, ON
IQPF
Chantal Lamoureux
President and CEO
L’Institut québécois de planification financière (IQPF)
Verdun, QC
Aurèle Courcelles, CFP, FP Canada Fellow
Assistant Vice-President, Tax and Estate Planning
IG Wealth Management
Winnipeg, MB
Bernard Fortin Pl. Fin.
Vice-President, Marketing and Wealth Management
FDP
Daniel Lanteigne, Pl. Fin.
Founder
REVERBER Integrated Financial Strategies
Quebec City, Quebec
Examination Panels
There are two independent Exam Panels of the FP Canada Standards Council: one for each of the QAFP® examination and the CFP® examination. The Exam Panels are comprised of experts in all areas of financial planning, such as retirement planning, risk management and taxation.
The Exam Panels’ purpose is to ensure:
- The certification examinations sufficiently and appropriately assess the competence of candidates to certification by demonstrating the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities; and
- Individuals who are qualified receive a passing score and individuals who are not qualified receive a failing score.
QAFP Examination Panel Members
Neal Kongkham, CFP
Co-Founder and Financial Planner
Black Oak Financial
London, ON
Lisa Beilman, CFP
Senior Financial Consultant
MD Management
Winnipeg, MB
Jenny Cho, CFP
Senior Financial Planner
TD Wealth Financial Planning
Toronto, ON
MaryAnn Kokan-Nyhof, CFP, CLU
Division Manager
IG Wealth Management
Winnipeg, MB
F. Darlene Robert CFP, CHS
Partner/ Certified Financial planner
Dixon & Patterson Financial Planning
Moncton, NB
Shannon Bernstein, CFP
Senior Financial Consultant
MD Management Ltd.
Kitchener, ON
Robert An, CFP
Director, Wealth Strategist & Team Lead
CIBC Private Wealth
Vancouver, BC
Gisele Gherasim, CFP
Partner
Brothers & Company
Regina, SK
Timothy Kileel, CFP
Portfolio Manager
MD Private Investment Counsel
Moncton, NB
Jeff Lightheart, CFP
President & Financial Planner
Lightheart Insurance and Financial Services
Regina, SK
Dan Martonfi, CFP
Regional Assistant Vice-President
Educators Financial Group
Toronto, ON
Minoo Naderi, CFP
VP, Family Office Services
Forthlane Partners
Toronto, ON
Carla Norris, CFP, FP Canada Fellow
Regional Financial Planner
National Bank Financial
Port Moody, BC
Jacqueline Soong, CFP
Certified Financial Planner
Desjardins Financial Security Independent Network
Toronto, ON
Michelle Tatham, CFP
Portfolio Manager – Client Relationship Manager
Generation PMCA Corp.
Toronto, ON
R. Paul Thorne, CFP
Director of Advanced Planning, Estate & Financial Planning Services, Central/Atlantic Region
Sun Life Financial
Dartmouth, NS
Ian Wood, CFP
Vice-President, Associate Portfolio Manager
Cardinal Capital Management Inc.
Winnipeg, MB
Standards Panel
The Standards Panel is composed of CFP professionals, licensed financial planners from the province of Québec and at least one public member.
The Standards Panel is responsible for and has delegated responsibility from the Board over:
- The Standards of Professional Responsibility, including associated guidance;
- The FP Canada Standards Council Competency Profile and;
- The FP Canada Standards Council Projection Assumption Guidelines Committee which is responsible for maintaining and updating the Projection Assumption Guidelines.
The Standards Panel has issued Guidance to the Profession on a number of occasions. These notices to the profession have served as opportunities to FP Canada certificants and members of the public regarding the practice of financial planning, and the process FP Canada certificants should follow in providing financial planning services to Canadians.
Members
Julie Seberras, CFP
Senior Manager, Wealth Planning Support
TD
Toronto, ON
Nathalie Bachand, Pl. Fin.
Founding President
Bachand Lafleur, groupe conseil inc.
Montreal, QC
Manmeet Bhatia, CFP
Head of Private Wealth
Franklin Templeton Investments Canada
Vancouver, BC
Aurèle Courcelles, CFP, FP Canada Fellow
Assistant Vice-President, Tax and Estate Planning
IG Wealth Management
Winnipeg, MB
Johnathan Graves, CFP
Investment Advisor
CIBC Private Wealth Management
Halifax, NS
Lisa Henriques, CFP
Royal Bank of Canada
Burlington, ON
Ryan Laverty, CFP
Professor
Seneca College
Toronto, ON
Russ Siemens
President and Board Chair
Innovation Credit Union
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
David Truong, CFP, Pl. Fin.
Chief Advisor, Expertise Centre
National Bank Private Banking 1859
Montréal, QC
Conduct Review Panel
The Conduct Review Panel is composed of CFP professionals, at least one licensed financial planner from the province of Québec and at least one public member.
The Conduct Review Panel’s purpose is to support the fulfilment of FP Canada Standards Council’s professional-oversight mandate by reviewing staff reports and determining the appropriate disposition of complaints, in the public interest.
The Conduct Review Panel has issued Guidance to the Profession on a number of occasions. These notices to the profession have served as opportunities for the Conduct Review Panel to provide Certificants with notice to the type of conduct that is of concern, and provide direction to Certificants with the goal of informing and guiding future conduct.
Members
Jeff Cormier, CFP
Principal and Senior Wealth Advisor
Cormier Wealth Management
Moncton, NB
Debbie Ammeter, CFP
Retired
Winnipeg, MB
Marc André Castonguay, CFP
Manager, Financial Planning
Louisbourg Investments
Moncton, NB
Joel Chapman, CFP
Seneca College
Mississauga, ON
John Hope, CFP
Financial Planner
Manulife Securities Investment Services Inc.
London, ON
Ian Rea
Retired
Regina, SK
Geraldine Solodky, CFP
Learning Strategy Manager
CIBC Private Wealth
Kootenay region, BC
Hearing Panel Roster
The Hearing Panel Roster for FP Canada is composed of CFP professionals and lawyer members. Following referral of a complaint to a discipline hearing, by the Conduct Review Panel, members of the Hearing Panel Roster serve as adjudicators on FP Canada Standards Council Hearing and Appeal Panels in support of the FP Canada Standards Council’s professional-oversight function.
Members
Meagan Balaneski, CFP, R.F.P., CLU, CIM, TEP
Financial Planner
Aligned Capital Partners
Vermilion, Alberta
Mark Bailey, LL.B.
Senior Litigation Counsel, Enforcement Branch
Ontario Securities Commission
Toronto, ON
Tim Bertrand, CFP
Portfolio Manager and Wealth Advisor
Bertrand Wealth Management Group, licensed with RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Cornwall, ON
Janice Charko, CFP
Partner
ENT Vaughan LLP
Vaughan, ON
Stuart L. Dollar, CFP
Director, Tax and Insurance Planning
Sun Life Financial
Waterloo, ON
Claudia Duceac, CFP, F. Pl.
Manager Development & Support – Investment and Financial Planning
National Bank of Canada
Montreal, Quebec
Peter Jong, CFP
Financial Planner
Desjardins Financial Security
Victoria, BC
Adrienne Kirsh, LL.B.
Investigation Counsel, Professional Regulation
Law Society of Ontario
Toronto, ON
Susan Kushneryk, LL.B.
Lawyer
Kushneryk Morgan LLP
Toronto, ON
Jeff Lightheart, CFP
President & Financial Planner
Lightheart Insurance and Financial Services
Regina, SK
Clarence Lui, LL.B.
Lawyer
Reain Lui Stock LLP
Toronto, Ontario
Karen Manarin, LL.B.
Special Advisor, RCMP Toronto Integrated Market Enforcement Team
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Toronto, ON
Joanne C. Moser, LL.B.
Lawyer
Nychuk & Company, Barristers & Solicitors
Regina, Saskatchewan
Brendyn Muise, CFP
Certified Financial Planner
HUB International
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Craig Noon-Ward, CFP
Senior Financial Planner
TD Wealth
Greater Vancouver, BC
Albert Pelletier, LL.B.
Principal
Morganti & Co.
Toronto, ON
Jonah Rabinovitch, CFP
Financial Planning Specialist
RBC Wealth Management Services
Ottawa, ON