Ben has been part of the Aspira Wealth family since 2021 and in that time he has worn many different hats, including but not limited to: relationships, operations and trade execution. In short, there is not much that happens around the Aspira office that Ben doesn't have a hand in – he is our de facto chief of operations. He works closely with the rest of the team to feed his driving passion – helping people. Coming from a banking background, he has worked with people at all levels of financial literacy in both personal and small business roles.

Ben was born and raised in Victoria, and he spends most of his weekends refereeing top tier amateur and pro-am soccer, with ambitions to one day move on to the professional game. He also enjoys playing volleyball, making music, and spending time with friends and family.

Journey

2006 - Becomes an official soccer referee with BC Soccer

2012 - Studies Mathematics at Waterloo University

2015 - Starts job as a Client Services Representative at CIBC

2016 - Continued Mathematics studies at Camosun College

2017 - Continued Mathematics studies at University of Victoria

2017 - Invited to first soccer national championship

2019 - Becomes an uncle

2020 - Promoted to Financial Services Associate at CIBC

2021 - Starts job as Client Services Associate at Chris Raper & Associates (Aspira Wealth predecessor)

2022 - Officiates first professional pre-season game

2022 - Chris Raper & Associates becomes Aspira Wealth

2023 - Named Vancouver Island Soccer League Referee of the Year

2024 - Promoted to Associate Wealth Advisor at Aspira Wealth

Giving Back

2011, 2016, 2018 - Camp Imadene, Cabin Leader

2016 - Lambrick Park Secondary School, Boys Volleyball Coach

2020 - Gordon Head Middle School, Boys Volleyball Coach

2022 - Organized (and performed in) fundraising concert in partnership with Vikes Kick Cancer to raise funds for the Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada