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Chris Raper,

CFP®, CIM® Senior Wealth Advisor, Cross Border Specialist, Co-Founder

Chris is the founder of our predecessor practice and brings decades of financial experience and mentoring capacity. As our designated sage, Chris is always upping our game - advocating on the various tax, investment, insurance, trust and estate deliverables that help our clients live out their greatest aspirations.

In terms of business philosophy, Chris's is pretty simple, "if we look after our clients, they will look after us" or if we help our clients live out their aspirations, we will get to live out ours". He started his career in the financial services industry in 1983, first as an agriculture specialist, then a business lender, and finally a private banker, before launching his wealth advisory practice in 1994, which was then known as Chris Raper & Associates. Aspira Wealth was born in 2022 to bring in the next generation of leaders and Chris is now focusing his energy on helping clients understand how to pass all forms of wealth to the next generation. Tune into the dad-daughter podcast, From Generation to Generation, to journey through this with Chris and his Generation Z daughter.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from McGill University, with majors in Economics and Business. He also holds the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Canadian Investment Manager (CIM) designations. Chris has also successfully completed Series 7 and 63 US Securities examinations, which allows him to offer cross border services to American citizens.

Chris and his wife Arleen have two daughters, Alexa and Brittany. He loves family life, the outdoors, exercise and is a "wannabe farmer". His reputation as the consummate value shopper applies equally to both stocks and wine!



Journey

1980 - Named ‘Bull of the Woods’ for the MacDonald College Woodsmen Team

1982 - Graduates from McGill University, BSc Agriculture, Economics and Business

1983 - Works as Farm Specialist at Alberta Treasury Branches

1985 - Starts at CIBC as a Farm Specialist/Account Manager/Private Banker

1991 - Meets and marries wife, Arleen

1993 - Becomes a dad

1994 - Leaves CIBC, moves to Victoria, BC & starts own business as a Financial Advisor

1999 - Joins Raymond James

2003 - Creates Chris Raper & Associates (Aspira Wealth predecessor)

2013 - Meets Alex Vozian, future Aspira Wealth Co-Founder

2022 - Chris Raper & Associates becomes Aspira Wealth

2023 - Starts From Generation to Generation, Aspira’s dad-daughter podcast

Giving Back

2005-2013 - SALTS (Sail and Life Training Society), Board member then Chair

2013-2015 - Pacific Christian School, Board Member then Chair

2019-current - Living Edge Market, volunteer/patron

The most widely recognized financial planning designation in Canada and worldwide, the Certified Financial Planner® designation provides assurance to Canadians that the design of their financial future rests with a professional who will put their clients’ interests ahead of their own. CFP certification is considered the standard for the financial planning profession worldwide. CFP professionals have demonstrated the knowledge, skills, experience and ethics to examine their clients’ entire financial picture, at the highest level of complexity required of the profession, and work with their clients to build a financial plan so that they can Live Life Confidently.


The Chartered Investment Manager® (CIM®) Designation builds the skills and experience we need to serve a more sophisticated financial client or institution. Financial professionals who hold the CIM® designation are eligible for registration as a Portfolio Manager in Canada. They have expertise in providing money management services to high-net-worth and institutional clients, and they understand the application of portfolio management in the context of Canadian markets and regulatory requirements

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