Mark Barnicutt has eighteen years of North
American wealth management experience diversified
by both area of responsibility (client sales &
service, investment management, product
management, risk management, technology,
operations, & finance) & business line
(investment counselling, financial planning,
trust, private banking, and brokerage).
Mark is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of
HighView Financial Group, a professional service
business with the purpose of facilitating
excellence in the management of wealth for
Advisors, Families and Institutions.
Previously, as the Chief Operating Officer of the
High Net Worth businesses of RBC Financial Group,
Mark was responsible for the investment solutions
delivery and the coordination of operational and
technology support for one of Canada’s largest
investment counselling firms and trust companies:
RBC Private Counsel, and RBC Trust Services.
During this time, Mark was also the President &
Chief Operating Officer of RBC Private Counsel
(USA) Inc., an SEC regulated advisory firm. With
roughly $23 billion of client assets under care
for these businesses, Mark co-led the delivery of
an innovative multi-manager investment offering
specifically designed for Canadian High Net Worth
clients.
Prior to his role, Mark was the Vice President &
Director of the discretionary investment
management program of RBC Dominion Securities:
Private Investment Management. In this role, Mark
led a team of investment professionals who
established a core set of operational,
technological and risk management practices that
facilitated the subsequent five-year growth of
this program from $600 million to $6 billion in
assets under administration.
In addition to his management roles, Mark worked
for five years, with TD Financial Group, advising
and servicing many high net worth families, as
both a Private Banker and Investment Counsellor.
Mark is an alumnus of the Odette School of
Business at the University of Windsor where he
earned both a Bachelor of Commerce degree
majoring in Finance & Accounting, and a Master of
Business Administration degree. Prior to
attending the University of Windsor, Mark
completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the
University of Western Ontario. Professionally,
Mark holds the designations, Chartered Financial
Analyst, and Canadian Investment Manager. Mark
is a member of the Private Client Committee of
the Toronto CFA Society, the Advisory Board of
the Odette School of Business and a past member
of the Investment & Corporate Governance
Committee of the Investment Counsel Association
of Canada.