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Amer Javed’s journey into finance is deeply rooted in his family’s background in accounting and a natural aptitude for numbers. Yet, his parallel passion for cricket, which taught him strategy, teamwork, and resilience, has also significantly influenced his professional ethos in finance. ... Keep Reading "Amer Javed" >

While a chance meeting at a conference led to a digital marketing consulting engagement with Newport Private Wealth, it was the company’s unique client-centric ethos that led Elizabeth to her role as Chief Marketing Officer for the company. Elizabeth’s consulting work with the Newport ... Keep Reading "Elizabeth Pizzinato" >

Pam Brenman is the kind of person who never stops questioning, seeking answers and finding creative ways to broaden her personal and professional knowledge. She taps those characteristics, along with an unwavering dedication to ethical business conduct, in her role as Newport’s Chief Compliance ... Keep Reading "Pam Brenman" >

Aubrey began his investment career with Harris and Partners in 1971, after earning an HBA from the Ivey Business School and becoming a Chartered Accountant.  In 1977, he joined F H Deacon and Company (which was bought by Nesbitt Thomson and ultimately became part of BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.). ... Keep Reading "Aubrey W. Baillie" >

Given the risks of starting a new business, entrepreneurship may seem an unlikely path for a risk-managing accountant, but David Lloyd has successfully built two businesses over the past three decades. A Chartered Accountant since 1983, David Lloyd left a well-established financial planning ... Keep Reading "David T. Lloyd" >

Investing his summer earnings in two stocks (Laidlaw and Franco Nevada) while in graduate school and watching them grow enough to buy his first new car (VW Jetta) was enough to convince Mark that the investment industry would be a rewarding and challenging career. After completing his MBA in ... Keep Reading "Mark A. Kinney" >

As someone who possesses the perfect balance of razor-sharp financial skills, an easy ability to relate to people and mastery of distilling complex ideas into easy-to-understand concepts, Kevin is an integral part of designing and implementing Newport’s investment platform for the firm’s high ... Keep Reading "Kevin A. Dean" >

If there is one element of Newport’s philosophy that resonates with Matt, it is that exceptional performance is the by-product of consistency, resilience, and innovation, regardless of market conditions. Prior to joining Newport in 2002, Matt worked as an analyst with boutique firms in Toronto ... Keep Reading "Matt Reynolds" >

A Calgary native, Jordan began his career as a corporate analyst in the energy sector before moving to PwC’s consulting practice in Australia serving institutional clients. Having spent most of his career managing financial risk on behalf of large institutions, he knew individual investors ... Keep Reading "Jordan Schwann" >

Doug Brown’s path to co-founding Newport Private Wealth was born out of a career in wealth management — in some of the industry’s top jobs, including president of Connor Clark Private Trust and Vice-Chairman at RBC Private Counsel – where he observed that many high-net-worth Canadians had ... Keep Reading "Douglas C. Brown" >