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El Velasco
Head of Hybrid Sales
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El Velasco is Head of Inside and Hybrid Sales, serving advisory clients across Canada.
He started his career in the financial industry in 1997. Before joining Vanguard, he spent over 13 years managing private clients and portfolios at RBC Royal Bank. This included more than 8 years as an investment advisor and associate investment advisor at RBC Dominion Securities, where he was options- and insurance-licensed.
He is a practising Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute, a Financial Management Advisor designee and a candidate for the Chartered Investment Manager designation. He graduated from George Brown College in Toronto.
Eleni Mastoras
Head of Inside Sales
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Eleni Mastoras is a Business Development Sales Manager for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. Prior to this role, she was a Sales Excellence & Planning Manager at Vanguard, working alongside our sales team to provide them with the tools, training and resources needed to serve investment advisors across Canada. She joined Vanguard in 2016 and has worked in several sales roles throughout her tenure at Vanguard.
Before joining Vanguard Canada, she held both sales and relationship management roles at the Toronto Stock Exchange.
She earned her Honours BA from the University of Toronto, and holds an M.B.A. from Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.
ONTARIO
Toronto, North York, Scarborough, Vaughan, Richmond Hill & Markham
Raffi Hossain
Regional Director
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Raffi Hossain is a Regional Director for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving Toronto, North York, Scarborough, Vaughan, Richmond Hill & Markham. He was previously a Senior Business Development Manager at Vanguard serving Quebec and eastern Canada. Before joining Vanguard, he held escalating positions at NEI Investments where he was most recently a hybrid inside sales wholesaler.
He holds the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) designation from the Canadian Securities Institute and attended York University majoring in Economics and French.
Ryan Robinson
Business Development Manager
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Ryan Robinson is a Business Development Manager for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving the prairie provinces of Western Canada. Prior to joining Vanguard in 2022, he held an Associate role at RBC Dominion Securities providing clients with a comprehensive approach to client service and management, helping them reach their investment goals and objectives.
He earned a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management. He’s working towards completing the CFA, having successfully passed the level 1 exam.
Toronto, Etobicoke
Brandon Ash
Regional Director
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Brandon Ash is a Regional Director for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. serving Toronto and Etobicoke. Before joining Vanguard, Brandon was a VP of Institutional Sales managing institutional relationships in Canada, the US and the UK. Prior to that, he worked as a District Vice-President for Fidelity Investments. He has over 13 years of combined experience in the financial services industry.
He has a Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University, and is a CFA® charterholder.
Stephanie Petsis
Senior Business Development Manager
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Stephanie Petsis is a Senior Business Development Manager for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving Toronto and Etobicoke. Before joining Vanguard, she was a Business Development Manager at First Trust Portfolios Canada, covering territories across Canada, managing head office relationships on the Institutional National Accounts Team, and the Co-Head of the Marketing and Sales Training Team. Prior to that, she was an Associate at Raymond James Ltd., and a Banking Advisor at Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto, Ontario.
She also received a full division 1 tennis scholarship and earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economics from the University of North Dakota.
Southwestern Ontario
Boris Vujic
Regional Director
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Boris Vujic is a Regional Director for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving the Ontario Southwestern Region.
Most recently, he was a member of the key accounts/ institutional group that looked after the head office relationships, and their various divisions. Boris began his career at Vanguard as a business development manager serving British Columbia & Ontario. He has more than 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. Before joining Vanguard, he worked at TD Waterhouse as an investment advisor and financial planner. He also worked as an investment advisor at RBC Dominion Securities and as an associate investment advisor at Midland Walwyn, Merrill Lynch and CIBC Wood Gundy.
He graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and holds Canadian Securities Institute and Professional Financial Planning designations.
Jonathan Burneo Rodrigues
Senior Business Development Manager
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Jonathan Burneo Rodrigues is a Senior Business Development Manager for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving the Ontario Southwestern Region.
He has worked in the financial services industry since 2015, where he began his career as a cold caller at BMO Nesbitt Burns. He then moved to Horizons ETFs (now Global X) where he started as a Client Service Representative, and later moved to a Business Development Manager, a role that he held for five years. Most recently, he served as an Investment Advisor with Mandeville Private Client, and he holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from George Brown College.
North & Eastern Ontario (excluding Ottawa), Atlantic Canada
Ben Pigott
Regional Director
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Ben Pigott is a Regional Director for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving advisors in North & Eastern Ontario (excluding Ottawa), Atlantic Canada. He was previously a Senior Business Development Manager at Vanguard serving the greater Toronto area. Before Joining Vanguard in 2018, he was an internal wholesaler at First Asset Exchange Traded Funds in Toronto. Before that, he held roles as a business development manager at NEI Investments in Toronto and as a licensed investment representative at TD Waterhouse in Markham, Ontario.
He earned a degree in business marketing from Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. He was a registered investment representative in the United States, having passed both the Series 7 and 63 exams administered by the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Additionally, he holds the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) designation from the Canadian Securities Institute.
QUEBEC
Montreal to Quebec City, North Shore
Félix Duchaîne
Regional Director
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Félix Duchaîne is a Regional Director for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., servicing Montreal, Laval and East of Quebec. Before joining Vanguard, he worked at Desjardins, where he held progressive roles as account manager for corporate lending, ETF investment analyst and, most recently, regional sales director.
He earned a BA in economics from Universite Laval, and is a CFA® charterholder.
Jonathan Bureau
Senior Business Development Manager
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Jonathan Bureau is a Senior Business Development Manager for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., servicing Montreal, Laval and East of Quebec. Before joining Vanguard, he worked at TD Asset Management as a Business Development Manager. He’s held roles as an Account Manager for corporate lending at National Bank and a Mortgage Officer at CIBC.
He earned a BA in economics and master’s degree in finance from Université du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM) and an MBA from Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris 2014).
Western Canada (Prairies)
Aaron Olson
Regional Director
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Aaron Olson is a Regional Director for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving the prairie provinces of western Canada. He has spent the last decade covering both institutional and retail focused investment management clients in a number of different capacities. Before joining Vanguard in 2016, he was an index sales specialist at MSCI where he was responsible for institutional business development. Prior to that, he worked at BCA Research in the area of global macro investment research. During that time, he had the responsibility of communicating multi-asset class investment recommendations to institutional clients across the Midwest region of the U.S.
He earned a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and holds the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) designation from the Canadian Securities Institute.
Katerina Striftobolas
Business Development Manager
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Katerina Striftobolas is a business development manager for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving the Ontario Southwestern region. Before joining Vanguard in 2019, she was a Compliance Governance Analyst at TD Securities and Investment Consultant at TD Dominion Bank.
She earned a Bachelor degree in Political Science from the University of Toronto. Additionally, she has completed the Canadian Securities Course from the Canadian Securities Institute.
British Columbia
Parm Dhaliwal
Senior Regional Director
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Parm Dhaliwal is a Senior Regional Director for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving British Columbia. Before joining Vanguard, he held increasingly senior positions in the investment industry. Most recently he was a regional vice president at Claymore Investments for Western Canada. Before that, He worked on the sales team at Fidelity Investments and was supervisor of trading operations at CIBC World Markets. He has over 23 years of experience in the financial services industry.
He has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, and is a CFA® charterholder.
Matt Lee
Business Development Manager
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Matt Lee is a Business Development Manager for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving British Columbia. He was previously a Senior Associate at Vanguard supporting both IIROC and MFDA advisors across Canada. Before joining Vanguard in 2019, he was operating his own personal training and coaching start-up in Vancouver.
He earned his Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queen’s University with a specialization in finance and marketing.
MFDA Channel – Western Canada, British Columbia North & Interior
Will O'Connell
Regional Director
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Will O'Connell is a Regional Director for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving MFDA advisors across western Canada and IIROC advisors in the interior and northern British Columbia. He was previously a Senior Business Development Manager at Vanguard serving the BC region. Before joining Vanguard in 2015, he held roles consulting with start-ups at Ryerson University's on-campus incubator and in account management and underwriting in the commercial insurance industry.
He earned a BA in history from Wilfrid Laurier University and an MBA from Ryerson University. He is currently enrolled in the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) program.
MFDA/AMF Channel – Ontario and Quebec
Henry Kwan
Regional Director
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Henry Kwan is a Regional Director for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving MFDA and AMF advisors in Ontario and Quebec. He was previously a Senior Business Development Manager at Vanguard serving the Quebec region. Prior to Vanguard, he spent 2 years at CI First Asset as a regional sales representative and was a branch manager at TD Canada Trust in Toronto and Montreal.
He earned a BA in economics from Concordia University and is fluent in English and French.