Headquarters:
625 Cochrane Avenue, Markham, ON L3R 9R9
Year founded:
1989 (WFM), 2002 (WSI)
Number of employees:
126
Phone:
905 940 5500
Email:
partnerships@worldsourcewealth.com
Website:
worldsourcewealth.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/worldsource-financial-management
“Stelvio [restructured] its software development team to sit under four distinct, multi-disciplinary teams, capable of building and modifying any product within the EstImage product suite”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
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WORLDSOURCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Doce Tomic
Chair,
Worldsource IIROC and MFDA Dealerships, and President,
Worldsource Financial Management
and Worldsource Securities
Trish Nielsen, CIM
Head of Partnerships
and Business Development,
Worldsource Financial Management
and Worldsource Securities
Jacqueline Rodney
Vice President,
Operations, Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Leadership
Doce Tomic is a seasoned senior executive within the wealth management arena, and has over 30 years of cross-functional success in business leadership, multi-regional operations, strategic realignments of businesses and the proven ability to move strong performing organizations to the next level. Before joining Worldsource in 2019, Doce was president and chief executive officer at Credential Financial. Other senior positions included chief operating officer for Wellington West Capital and a 16-year career at RBC, including roles as head of Wealth Management Canada; president of RBC Dominion Securities; and president, CEO and head of investment operations at RBC Action Direct.
Chair, Worldsource IIROC and MFDA Dealerships, and President, Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Doce Tomic
Trish Nielsen brings over 20 years of wealth management experience to Worldsource. In her current position, she delivers on a mandate to provide strategic direction, leadership and guidance for all business development and investment services activities for both dealers, with a steadfast focus on elevating the partnership experience. Since beginning her career as a full-service investment advisor, she has earned progressively more senior roles, including a lengthy tenure as vice president of sales with a leading national investment dealer. Prior to joining Worldsource in 2015, Trish served as a vice president and portfolio manager for a global private client group.
Head of Partnerships and Business Development,
Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Trish Nielsen, CIM
Jacqueline Rodney has over 30 years of financial services industry experience, which has led to a focus on driving results, managing risk, ensuring operational and technological efficiency, and leadership of specific strategic initiatives to support business growth. Her progressive career began as an operations administrator for Wood Gundy in Calgary and included some formative years as a securities investigator at the Alberta Securities Commission. She had responsibility for wealth operations at Tangerine, formerly ING Direct. Directly before joining Worldsource in 2019, Jacqueline led a national team of business risk consultants in overseeing governance and risk controls at CIBC Wood Gundy.
Vice President, Operations,
Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Jacqueline Rodney
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Stelvio Australia
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WORLDSOURCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Natasa Morfesis
Vice President, Dealer Compliance, Worldsource Wealth Management
and Chief Compliance Officer, Worldsource Financial Management
Trish Nielsen, CIM
Head of Partnerships and Business Development, Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Doce Tomic
Chair, Worldsource IIROC and MFDA Dealerships, and President, Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Leadership
Headquarters:
625 Cochrane Avenue, Markham, ON L3R 9R9
Year founded:
1989 (WFM), 2002 (WSI)
Number of employees:
126
Phone:
905 940 5500
Email:
partnerships@worldsourcewealth.com
Website:
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/worldsource-financial-management
Doce Tomic is a seasoned senior executive within the wealth management arena, and has over 30 years of cross-functional success in business leadership, multi-regional operations, strategic realignments of businesses and the proven ability to move strong performing organizations to the next level. Before joining Worldsource in 2019, Doce was president and chief executive officer at Credential Financial. Other senior positions included chief operating officer for Wellington West Capital and a 16-year career at RBC, including roles as head of Wealth Management Canada; president of RBC Dominion Securities; and president, CEO and head of investment operations at RBC Action Direct.
Chair, Worldsource IIROC and MFDA Dealerships, and President, Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Doce Tomic
Trish Nielsen brings over 20 years of wealth management experience to Worldsource. In her current position, she delivers on a mandate to provide strategic direction, leadership and guidance for all business development and investment services activities for both dealers, with a steadfast focus on elevating the partnership experience. Since beginning her career as a full-service investment advisor, she has earned progressively more senior roles, including a lengthy tenure as vice president of sales with a leading national investment dealer. Prior to joining Worldsource in 2015, Trish served as a vice president and portfolio manager for a global private client group.
Head of Partnerships and Business Development,
Worldsource Financial Management and
Worldsource Securities
Trish Nielsen, CIM
Natasa Morfesis has over 25 years of experience in financial services. She assumed her current roles in 2020, with responsibility for the overall compliance of Worldsource’s financial services dealerships, focusing on developing consistency and unity between Worldsource Securities (IIROC dealer) and Worldsource Financial Management (MFDA dealer). A fundamental component of her role is to create an environment of exemplary compliance standards while respecting the business goals of independent, entrepreneurial advisors. Before joining WFM in 2010, previous roles saw her transition from an operations background with CIBC World Markets, into the auditing and compliance field with Blackmont Capital and Assante.
Vice President, Dealer Compliance, Worldsource Wealth Management and Chief Compliance Officer, Worldsource Financial Management
Natasa Morfesis
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For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
“Stelvio [restructured] its software development team to sit under four distinct, multi-disciplinary teams, capable of building and modifying any product within the EstImage product suite”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
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WORLDSOURCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Angela Terreblanche
Technical Business Analyst
Trish Nielsen, CIM
Head of Partnerships and Business Development,
Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Doce Tomic
Chair,
Worldsource IIROC and MFDA Dealerships, and President, Worldsource Financial Management and
Worldsource Securities
Leadership
Headquarters:
625 Cochrane Avenue, Markham, ON L3R 9R9
Year founded:
1989 (WFM),
2002 (WSI)
Number of employees:
126
Phone:
905 940 5500
Email:
partnerships@
worldsourcewealth.com
Website:
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/worldsource-financial-management
SPECIAL REPORT
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Bio
Doce Tomic is a seasoned senior executive within the wealth management arena, and has over 30 years of cross-functional success in business leadership, multi-regional operations, strategic realignments of businesses and the proven ability to move strong performing organizations to the next level. Before joining Worldsource in 2019, Doce was president and chief executive officer at Credential Financial. Other senior positions included chief operating officer for Wellington West Capital and a 16-year career at RBC, including roles as head of Wealth Management Canada; president of RBC Dominion Securities; and president, CEO and head of investment operations at RBC Action Direct.
Chair, Worldsource IIROC and MFDA Dealerships, and President, Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Doce Tomic
Trish Nielsen brings over 20 years of wealth management experience to Worldsource. In her current position, she delivers on a mandate to provide strategic direction, leadership and guidance for all business development and investment services activities for both dealers, with a steadfast focus on elevating the partnership experience. Since beginning her career as a full-service investment advisor, she has earned progressively more senior roles, including a lengthy tenure as vice president of sales with a leading national investment dealer. Prior to joining Worldsource in 2015, Trish served as a vice president and portfolio manager for a global private client group.
Head of Partnerships and Business Development,
Worldsource Financial Management
and Worldsource Securities
Trish Nielsen, CIM
Natasa Morfesis has over 25 years of experience in financial services. She assumed her current roles in 2020, with responsibility for the overall compliance of Worldsource’s financial services dealerships, focusing on developing consistency and unity between Worldsource Securities (IIROC dealer) and Worldsource Financial Management (MFDA dealer). A fundamental component of her role is to create an environment of exemplary compliance standards while respecting the business goals of independent, entrepreneurial advisors. Before joining WFM in 2010, previous roles saw her transition from an operations background with CIBC World Markets, into the auditing and compliance field with Blackmont Capital and Assante.
Vice President, Dealer Compliance,
Worldsource Wealth Management and Chief Compliance Officer, Worldsource Financial Management
Natasa Morfesis
For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
Natasa Morfesis
Vice President,
Dealer Compliance, Worldsource Wealth Management and Chief Compliance Officer, Worldsource Financial Management
Natasa Morfesis has over 25 years of experience in financial services. She assumed her current roles in 2020, with responsibility for the overall compliance of Worldsource’s financial services dealerships, focusing on developing consistency and unity between Worldsource Securities (IIROC dealer) and Worldsource Financial Management (MFDA dealer). A fundamental component of her role is to create an environment of exemplary compliance standards while respecting the business goals of independent, entrepreneurial advisors. Before joining WFM in 2010, previous roles saw her transition from an operations background with CIBC World Markets, into the auditing and compliance field with Blackmont Capital and Assante.
Vice President, Dealer Compliance, Worldsource Wealth Management and Chief Compliance Officer, Worldsource Financial Management
Natasa Morfesis
Jacqueline Rodney
Vice President, Operations,
Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Jacqueline Rodney has over 30 years of financial services industry experience, which has led to a focus on driving results, managing risk, ensuring operational and technological efficiency, and leadership of specific strategic initiatives to support business growth. Her progressive career began as an operations administrator for Wood Gundy in Calgary and included some formative years as a securities investigator at the Alberta Securities Commission. She had responsibility for wealth operations at Tangerine, formerly ING Direct. Directly before joining Worldsource in 2019, Jacqueline led a national team of business risk consultants in overseeing governance and risk controls at CIBC Wood Gundy.
Vice President, Operations,
Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Jacqueline Rodney
Jacqueline Rodney
Vice President, Operations,
Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Jacqueline Rodney has over 30 years of financial services industry experience, which has led to a focus on driving results, managing risk, ensuring operational and technological efficiency, and leadership of specific strategic initiatives to support business growth. Her progressive career began as an operations administrator for Wood Gundy in Calgary and included some formative years as a securities investigator at the Alberta Securities Commission. She had responsibility for wealth operations at Tangerine, formerly ING Direct. Directly before joining Worldsource in 2019, Jacqueline led a national team of business risk consultants in overseeing governance and risk controls at CIBC Wood Gundy.
Vice President, Operations,
Worldsource Financial Management and Worldsource Securities
Jacqueline Rodney
Angela Terreblanche
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche is an experienced business analyst and finance professional (CA) with a demonstrated history of working on system implementations, particularly in the insurance industry. She is skilled in business process mapping, understanding finance and accounting processes, financial reporting, banking integration processes, project management and implementing customer-centric solutions.
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche
Angela Terreblanche
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche is an experienced business analyst and finance professional (CA) with a demonstrated history of working on system implementations, particularly in the insurance industry. She is skilled in business process mapping, understanding finance and accounting processes, financial reporting, banking integration processes, project management and implementing customer-centric solutions.
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche
Natasa Morfesis
Vice President,
Dealer Compliance, Worldsource Wealth Management
and Chief Compliance Officer, Worldsource Financial Management
Angela Terreblanche is an experienced business analyst and finance professional (CA) with a demonstrated history of working on system implementations, particularly in the insurance industry. She is skilled in business process mapping, understanding finance and accounting processes, financial reporting, banking integration processes, project management and implementing customer-centric solutions.
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche
An unwavering belief in the power of choice has led Worldsource Wealth Management (WWM) to create its independent dealer model (IDM), which marries entrepreneurial spirit with the access to investment solutions and technology that advisors need to guide their clients through all phases of their financial journey. Respecting independence and empowering their partners with freedom of choice was the key to WWM’s selection as a 5-Star Brokerage for 2022.
“We’re excited to be recognized, and humbled by the fact it has led to us winning this distinction,” says Doce Tomic, head of wealth management. “For us, the IDM was built for advisors who value freedom and entrepreneurship. Our industry is evolving rapidly, and our model allows advisors to access customized options that meet their needs so they can focus on their clients. That’s the advantage of being one of the few truly independent dealerships in Canada.”
Tracing its roots back over 30 years, Worldsource Financial Management was established in 1989 as an independent mutual fund dealer, and Worldsource Securities was created in 2002 as a full-service investment dealer. This stability in ownership provided by its parent company Guardian Capital Group has allowed Worldsource to realize its vision of bringing the highly successful US RIA model, on which the IDM model is based, to Canada.
A perfect example of WWM delivering on its model is the work they initiated on the Client Focused Reforms (CFRs) that came into effect in 2021 and introduced a client best interest standard. The company looked at the CFRs as an opportunity to educate in advance of the implementation of the reforms.
“In our view, the CFRs were intended to ensure that a client’s best interest was at the center of the dealer/advisor/client relationship,” says Richard Rizi, Vice President, Investment Services. “We worked tirelessly to ensure both we and our advisors were prepared to meet the CFR’s requirements.”
This proactive approach also extends to their product shelf, with WWM being among the few mutual fund dealers to offer ETFs, liquid alternative funds and exempt market products. While some dealers used the CFRs as an opportunity to cull their product shelves, Worldsource saw an opportunity to expand the product types made available to investors because they believe that choice is always in the clients’ best interest.
On the sustainability front, WWM became a member of the Responsible Investment Association (RIA) in July 2021, and its parent company, Guardian Capital Group, recently announced it would balance annual carbon emissions firm-wide beginning in 2022. “As a dealer with the ability to lead by example, we want advisors to feel confident they have partnered with a firm that stands up for what is right,” says Tomic.
Yet WWM is not resting on its laurels. “Our approach has been met with increasingly positive feedback by both current advisors as well as prospects,” adds Tomic. “We have a number of exciting plans for 2022 and beyond and we are extremely excited for what the future holds for us.”
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Laura Unger
Vice President/
General Manager, .CA
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It
To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich
School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Laura Unger
Vice President/
General Manager, .CA
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
Sarah M Stewart
Associate
Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President,
Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage
is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
