Our Team

Jenny joined Assante and Scott Masters’ team in 2015, after a 10 year career as an Engineer in the oil & gas sector.  She was exposed to the financial industry in 2009, and since then her passion for finance and investments led her to pursue a career in financial services. 

Jenny is a key part of the team, supporting Scott with administrative, marketing, and client services.  She graduated from University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering and worked as an Engineer until 2015. Jenny attained her Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in 2008.  She is currently working towards attaining the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation. 

Jenny and her husband have 3 daughters.  In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, camping, skiing, swimming, and travelling with her family. 

As an Associate Financial Advisor, Clint supports Scott and his clients in several aspects of the Wealth Management process, including integrated financial planning, investment management, tax planning, and risk mitigation.  Clint has been with Assante and Scott Masters' team since 2016.

Clint began his career in the financial services industry in 2014 when he gained industry experience as an Investment Advisor and Sales Associate at an investment dealer in Calgary.

Before entering the industry, Clint earned a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from Griffith University (QLD, Australia), and holds the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation.  Prior to University, Clint studied financial services at SAIT, graduating with a Diploma in Business Administration.  Clint has also passed the CFA Level 1 exam.

Clint was born and raised in Southern Alberta and grew up on a small ranch outside of Calgary.  In his spare time, Clint enjoys golfing, reading, and spending time with his family and friends.

As Regional Vice-President, Wealth Planning, Vanito Pobran works closely with our high net worth clients to identify issues and provide complex, tactical wealth planning support that complements their wealth plans. Vanito has a particular focus on tax and estate planning strategies for business owners, professionals and other affluent individuals and families.

Vanito joined CI Assante Private Client in 2015 after holding a tax manager position in the Calgary office of KPMG LLP. At KPMG, he worked in their tax group providing tax compliance and planning solutions to individuals and owner-managed businesses. Prior to this he was a Senior Accountant, Assurance and Business Advisory at Grant Thornton LLP in their Independent Business Group. Vanito has delivered his services across numerous sectors including manufacturing and processing, aviation, engineering, hospitality, real estate and construction. His overall professional experience in wealth planning exceeds 15 years.

Vanito is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan. In addition he holds the Certified Financial Planner® and Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designations. He is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta, the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and has completed both the CICA In-depth tax course and the CICA In-depth tax issues for the owner-managed business course.

Alfred Lam joined the Investment Consulting team at CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) in 2004 and is actively involved in manager selection and oversight, product development, asset allocation and currency management of CI GAM’s managed solutions. He leads a team of investment experts who monitor the portfolio managers and the funds’ portfolios to ensure they are adhering to their mandates and performing within expectations and oversees approximately 32 billion of assets invested in customized managed portfolio solutions* for our clients. Alfred previously held the role of Senior Manager of the Investment Management Team at CIBC Securities. He has an MBA from York University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Alfred is a member of the CFA Institute and the Toronto CFA Society.  

* With access to a wealth of tools and resources, Assante advisors and their clients are supported by the expertise of an investment management team and wealth planning group available through our sister company, CI Global Asset Management, and CI Assante Private Client, a division of CI Private Counsel LP.