Matt Buie, B.Sc., CFP
Senior Financial Planning Advisor
Pippa Fry, CIM
Investment Counsellor
As an Investment Counsellor, Pippa Fry provides portfolio management services and her experience to our high net worth clients in the CI Assante Private Client program. In this role, in consultation with our team’s knowledge of our clients’ circumstances, she determines an appropriate asset allocation to best meet their objectives. She also provides ongoing review of client portfolios and works closely with our Wealth Planning team to ensure our clients’ investment plans continue to meet their needs.
Pippa comes to CI Assante Private Client with 30 years of experience in financial services working in London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York and Vancouver. Prior to joining Assante Private Client she was a Portfolio Manager at Phillips Hager & North, part of RBC Global Asset Management. She started her career at CIBC in London, followed by roles at Merrill Lynch and Swiss Bank/UBS before joining Citigroup (on the merger of Citibank and Salomon Brothers Inc.) where she was a Managing Director of Fixed Income Capital Markets for 10 years before immigrating to Canada.
Pippa has an MA from Oxford University. She holds the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) designation.
Cheryl Norton , CPA, CA, CFP
Regional Vice President, Wealth Planning
As Regional Vice-President, Wealth Planning, Cheryl Norton works closely with our high net worth clients to identify issues and provide complex, tactical wealth planning support that complements their wealth plans. Cheryl has a particular focus on tax and estate planning strategies for business owners, farmers, professionals and other affluent individuals and families.
Cheryl joined CI Assante Private Client in 2018 after delivering tax planning services primarily in two multi-national public accounting firms, as well as holding senior tax and estate planning positions in the financial services and insurance industry. Cheryl’s expertise includes tax, estate and trust planning, business succession planning, intergenerational wealth transfer strategies, risk management, philanthropy and charitable giving. Her overall professional experience in tax and wealth planning exceeds 17 years.
Cheryl is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Windsor. She has also obtained her Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) designation. In addition, Cheryl is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) and has completed the CICA In-Depth Tax Course and has acted as a group leader for this course.
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