With over 30 years of business development experience in the Canadian financial services sector, Paul Rainford’s role at Highview will continue to call upon this area of focus.

Paul began his financial services career in his early 20’s after graduating with a diploma in Insurance Administration from Mohawk College. He began his career with Confederation Life in Customer Service. He then advanced to business development with an agency specializing in employee benefits where he focused his attention on the acquisition of new business.

With increasingly senior roles in the Insurance and Mutual Funds sector of the industry Paul held executive roles with Standard Life, Canada’s largest provider of Group Retirement Services, HRL Funds Management, Canada’s oldest Investment Council Firm and most recently with Desjardins Financial Security Corporation where he was Vice President, Business Development for all Provinces except Quebec.

As an avid believer in lifelong learning, Paul recently graduated from Royal Roads University with his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in the Leadership stream. Prior to that in 2001 he completed all of the courses to earn his Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation. He has held his Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation for more than 20 years.

Paul has served on a number of industry committees and has spoken at a number of industry events including the Advisors Forum where he delivered his topic on business development at venues across the country. He was invited by the International Association of Employee Benefit Plans to speak to an audience at their annual event, this time in New Orleans, Louisiana.