Our team in British Columbia

Learn more about our regional managers and join our team

Join NBFWM in British Columbia

With branches in Vancouver, West Vancouver, White Rock, Richmond, Victoria, Duncan, Kelowna and Vernon, join our team in British Columbia and reach your full potential.

Introducing our BC NBFWM Team

Our regional managers

Benjamin West

Vice-President and Regional Manager

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After getting his Bachelor’s of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, Benjamin West has been a part of National Bank Financial since 2006. He’s contributed to improving the efficiency of our wealth advisors teams to help them grow. He’s focused on the human side of the business – for both our employee and client experience. He’s always looking to improve team dynamics, eliminate obstacles and advocate for their business.

Minette Polepil

Associate Regional Manager

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With her Bacholor of Commerce and CIM, Minette Polepil has been a part of National Bank Financial since 2018 but has been in the investment industry since 1996. With a background in marketing and business development, she’s passionate about helping advisors develop and grow their client base. To do so, she focuses on problem-solving and finding creative ways to meet the needs of wealth advisors and associates while ensuring profitability, productivity and efficiency. She also has experience in HR and performance management, which allows her to support advisors in creating and maintaining a high-functioning team.

By the numbers

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Number of wealth advisors:

68

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Assets under management:

$13.2 billion

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Number of branches

9

Branch locations:

Vancouver, West Vancouver, Victoria, Sidney, White Rock, Richmond, Duncan, Kelowna and Vernon.

Support team in place

Carmen Wong provides regional operational support and quarterbacks the administration of onboardings.

Our national leaders

Patrice Cayer

Senior Vice President, National Manager Western Canada

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Patrice Cayer has been recognized as a highly competitive and motivated individual throughout the entirety of his career. He's always managed to create business development opportunities, while achieving results beyond expectations. After relocating to Western Canada in 2006, Patrice moved into a management position, and is now applying his skills to new challenges in wealth management. Patrice's passion and enthusiasm for the financial industry are as strong as when he began.

Tim Koscar

Vice-President, National Business Development, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Atlantic Canada

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Since joining NBFWM in 2018, Tim has co-managed Alberta and the Okanagan, recruiting high-performing advisory teams, and since 2020, has attracted advisors across Canada. He helps advisors explore new possibilities to accelerate their practice goals and is fully invested in their transition to ensure success. Holding a Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University and additional business credentials, including the Chartered Investment Manager, Tim values family time with his wife and two daughters, traveling, scuba diving, underwater photography, and tinkering with classic cars, while appreciating NBFWM’s unique culture and camaraderie.

Why NBFWM is the best of both worlds  

Advisor as CEO

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Not a wealth advisor?

We’re looking for professionals of all backgrounds to help us build the bank of tomorrow.

Life as a female wealth advisor at NBFWM

Enjoy a supportive environment, flexible work model, attend exclusive events and much more when you join the NBFWM team.

Putting our advisors first

We take pride in fostering an inclusive work environment that allows our wealth advisors to reach their professional and personal goals.

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Mentorship program

Help guide the next generation of women in finance with our mentorship program designed to provide hands-on experience with valuable workshops, webinars and networking opportunities.

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About NBFWM

Because of our best-of-both-worlds offer, our wealth advisors, on average, have a 20+ year tenure with NBFWM. And that number is growing.

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About NBC

National Bank of Canada is a bank with a human touch that forms, along with its subsidiaries, one of Canada’s largest financial groups. With more than 31,000 employees, we stand out for our boldness, entrepreneurial culture, passion, and commitment to diversity.

Little details that matter 

I'm super happy that I joined NBF over 20 years ago. I was looking for a change in my career and had lots of colleagues and friends in the business. I asked around the major bank owned firms and met Richard Rousseau, who was in charge of National Bank Financial out West, and just learned a little bit more about the company and the culture and entrepreneurial experience. Similar outlook to mine. And so I thought it was a perfect fit and very glad I did. Well, I looked at the culture and I wanted to have a firm that was its values were aligned with mine. And to give an example, I have branded myself, as Albert Brandstatter, insight, diligence and care. And so I use my industry experience over many years to provide insight to my clients. I do it with a diligent work ethic because I care for my clients and I want to take care of them. And the cool thing about National Bank Financial is they care for me as well and they take care of me. And so they want to make sure that I do the best job I can for my clients and my team, that we do the best job for our clients and they provide me with the resources to do so. I am so pleased to be with this firm. So the cornerstone of our business is we started an AA basket a little over 20 years ago. It's a core holding for most all of our clients. It's it's a solid blue chip model of Canadian and US equities compared to the benchmark. It's done very well over. We have a very good 20 year track record. We get lots of input from National Bank as to help us choose the stocks. And, the team members carry out all the trades and transactions. Again, whenever we look at a client, it's with their interests in mind. So we always put the client first and decide what proportion of the baskets they want to hold. But for ease of portfolio management, a large portion of the people own a lot of the same core holdings, and then we diversify each one from there. So, our clients are happy and it's worked well and we're happy. So National Bank Financial has provided me with the resources to put portfolio management in place for me so I can now focus on developing my business, on taking care of my clients, as I said earlier on. And also it provides me with a little bit of free time to play the occasional golf game. That's my good ten. Other culture is fantastic. It's the main reason why I've stuck around for 20 years. The current management is always receptive to hear what you have to say. They take your input. They may not always agree 100%, but at least their ears are always open. I feel quite confident that we can call upon any of senior management at any time and and get get an audience with them, put forward some ideas that we think will help our clients and our teams make things better at National Bank and it's worked very well. So nothing but high regards for for the culture and the management. The culture, as I said earlier on, is it's wonderful. As a matter of fact, this is a true story. Several weeks ago on a Saturday morning, I was just driving, running some errands and came by our office and thought, I'm so lucky to work at this place. So I actually called on Saturday morning, our national sales manager, Simon LeMay, He answered the phone, which I was really shocked by it because it's a Saturday morning. It was around 10 a.m. I guess he thought there was something wrong. And I said, Simon, just calling you to let you know, I'm so happy I've been at this firm now for 20 years, and I've known Simon for 20 years as well. And I said, thank you for for doing such a great job and thank you for just making this place a wonderful company. And he said, That's the reason you're calling me. I said, Yeah. I said, Right now I feel so much joy because I drove by my office and I was thinking of how great a company this is. And I just wanted to thank you. That's a true story. It just happened recently.