About Natalia

Prior to moving to Canada, Natalia was working for one of the Big Five accounting firms in Russia and then moved to Canada in 2000.
 
Natalia earned her Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation while working as a Portfolio Analyst for a Toronto-based investment boutique that served institutional and high net worth clients, where her career took off. She also worked as a Business Development Manager for a Toronto-based global investment firm and a Product Analyst for a Toronto-based mutual fund company.
 
To pursue her dream to help private clients invest wisely and realize their goals, in 2014 Natalia joined BMO Private Investment Counsel Inc., a division of BMO Private Wealth. Natalia earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Herzen University in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1996. She is a member of the CFA Institute and the Toronto CFA Society and speaks fluent Russian. Art appreciation has long been Natalia’s hobby and passion; her minor in university was art history. Currently, she is exploring architectural and interior design through a renovation project at her cottage in Northeastern Ontario. The love of her life is her miniature dachshund, Nabi.  
 
Natalia was also on the Board of Directors of Alzheimer Society Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. She was also a past volunteer for Hill 70.