John has been recognized as one of Canada’s Most Admired CEOs, and is the recipient of the 2015 Business in Vancouver CEO of the Year Award (small-medium private company).
As the Chairman and CEO at Nicola Wealth Management, John leads the team in managing over $4 billion in assets for affluent families, entrepreneurs, business owners, and institutions across Canada.
A veteran of the financial services industry since 1974, John provides strategic leadership to Nicola Wealth Management, exercising his passion for providing innovative solutions to clients’ complex problems.
His areas of expertise include investment management, estate and financial planning, as well as business planning with a focus on best practices for wealth building, exit strategies, and shareholder agreements.
John also sits on the Canuck Place Hospice Society Board of Directors. Using his business acumen to help develop and grow this and several other not-for-profit organizations over a number of years. These include The Pivot Law Society, a volunteer legal society defending the underrepresented issues facing Vancouver, British Columbia’s Downtown Eastside, and Bulembu International, a foundation dedicated to helping an abandoned African mining village become self-sufficient.