Michael recently retired following a 35-year career with RBC, most recently as the President, Royal Mutual Funds Inc., Canada’s largest mutual fund dealer. Michael was also Vice President & Head, Mutual Funds Distribution and RBC Financial Planning, RBC’s industry-leading financial planning business.

He also established RBC’s Wealth Management Services team of over 200 tax, legal and financial planning professionals to deliver advisory, financial planning and wealth management support to RBC Advisors, and estate planning and financial planning services to High Net Worth and ultra-HNW Canadians.

Michael is driven by his passion to enhance financial literacy, and to democratize access to financial planning to help more Canadians achieve their financial goals. Michael has led key innovations to support this vision, including MyAdvisor™, RBC’s end-to-end digital financial advice and planning experience, and Your Future by Design™, RBC’s proprietary life discovery and retirement client experience.

Michael has also brought a proactive voice to industry forums including FP Canada’s Fintellect Initiative, the FP Canada President’s Roundtable, and the Securities & Investment Management Association’s Dealer Committee. Michael has an undergrad in Honours Economics from Carleton University, an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and holds the ICD.D accreditation.