B.A., LL.B, TEPVice President, Insurance, Trust and Estate Planning Services
Robin is responsible for providing advanced trust, estate and succession planning to affluent business owners, with a specialization in tax-effective life insurance applications. She joined RBC in 2011 with 20+ years of industry experience, lastly as Assistant Vice President, Tax & Estate Planning at a leading Canadian life insurance company. Prior, Robin practiced law at a prominent Toronto law firm, and the Ministry of Finance (Ontario) Tax Policy Division.
For over 30 years, Robin has been a prolific writer and speaker in the area of life insurance and estate planning and has been consulted as an expert resource by lawyers and accountants across Canada. She has contributed to several publications, including Carswell’s Canadian Taxation of Life Insurance, Canada Law Book’s Key Developments in Trust and Estate Law in Ontario, The Canadian Tax Journal, the Estate, Trusts and Pensions Journal, and Taxation and Estate Planning (Cullity and Brown). Robin received her Bachelor of Law from Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1990.