Bringing over 25 years of experience to providing you with sound, reliable financial advice to help you achieve financial independence and peace of mind.

Ken Vanderlaan

Financial Advisor

Ken has worked for more than 25 years full time, in the investment industry. Prior to joining Investment Planning Counsel, Ken was an investment advisor with Fortress Equity f...

Kevin Vanderlaan

Advisor

Prior to his arrival at IPC, Kevin spent 12 years in China, working to establish a number of multi-national start-ups in the port city of Tianjin. During this time, he did Mas...

Michael Vince

Financial Advisor

Michael has been a licensed advisor since 1995 when he started with Sutherland Investments in Calgary Alberta. A specialist in group retirement and pension plans, Michael join...

Chris Zacharia

Certified Financial Planner®

Chris worked at one of the chartered banks while earning his Bachelor of Science degree at McMaster University. After graduating in 1996, his passion for finance led him to pu...

David Vanderlaan

Associate

David received his Branch Manager designation in 2011 from the IFSE. His daily activities focus on MFDA compliance, branch operations, privacy protection and trade supervision...

Coby Visser

Administrative Assistant

Coby is an assistant and has 25 years of banking experience. She assists in administration and client servicing.

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Ken Vanderlaan

Financial Advisor

Ken has worked for more than 25 years full time, in the investment industry. Prior to joining Investment Planning Counsel, Ken was an investment advisor with Fortress Equity from 1994 and, subsequently, Branch Manager of the Dundas branch. He continues to manage the Dundas branch of Investment Planning Counsel. In addition, he is responsible for the ongoing business development and client services.

Ken is recognized for his connections to local banks and law firms from to which many clients have benefited both in business and personally. He is extensively involved with the Carpenteros, a group of people dedicated helping the poor in Latin America. The Carpenteros help needy communities become self-sufficient through income generating projects and by establishing community credit unions. For more information on this project, please go to www.carpenteros.ca.

Kevin Vanderlaan

Advisor

Prior to his arrival at IPC, Kevin spent 12 years in China, working to establish a number of multi-national start-ups in the port city of Tianjin.  During this time, he did Master’s work in South Africa, returning to North America in 2008.

He enjoys working with clients on debt counseling and investment and budgeting strategies. 

In his free time, he spends time with his wife and their 13 children on their farm in Haldimand county.  

Michael Vince

Financial Advisor

Michael has been a licensed advisor since 1995 when he started with Sutherland Investments in Calgary Alberta.  A specialist in group retirement and pension plans, Michael joined the IPC Dundas Team in 2003.

For over twenty years Michael has enjoyed helping individuals and companies meet their retirement planning and cash flow needs.

Outside of work Michael, along with his wife, Dawn, is kept busy with soccer and skiing with his two active children. Michael volunteers as an official with Alpine Ontario, and is often involved in supporting the local Alzheimer’s Society. 

Chris Zacharia

Certified Financial Planner®

Chris worked at one of the chartered banks while earning his Bachelor of Science degree at McMaster University.  After graduating in 1996, his passion for finance led him to pursue additional studies.  In 2001, he earned his certificate in Financial Planning through the Canadian Institute in Financial Planning, and in 2003 he earned the Industries highest designation as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®).

Chris enjoys working with people and helping them make the difficult decisions necessary to meet their financial goals.  With over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry Chris is able to objectively analyze each client’s situation and provide them with sound unbiased advice.

In addition to his practice, Chris and his wife, Sheila, are busy raising their three young daughters.  They enjoy traveling but spend most of their spare time chauffeuring the girls who are active participants in basketball, soccer and music lessons.

David Vanderlaan

Associate

David received his Branch Manager designation in 2011 from the IFSE.  His daily activities focus on MFDA compliance, branch operations, privacy protection and trade supervision.

When not at the office, David can be found riding his bicycle or having an adventure with his wife, Cathy, and daughter, Miriam.

Coby Visser

Administrative Assistant

Coby is an assistant and has 25 years of banking experience. She assists in administration and client servicing.

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Supporting the communities within which we work

At IPC, we built IPC Cares to bring together the various efforts we make towards enhancing the communities within which we operate. By adopting causes that are close to our hearts, we keep ourselves committed and accountable.

Last year alone, as a company, we supported the aid efforts on the Fort McMurray fires, palliative care through The Healing Cycle Foundation and women and children through The Salvation Army.

Perhaps the most significant effort we undertake, and one that we believe is representative of the kind of work that inspires and keeps us committed to our CSR efforts, is the community development project in Honduras with The Carpenteros & Friends. Last year’s project involved a group of IPC staff and Advisors volunteering their time and energy on the ground. Very little is as inspiring and rewarding as living the lives of the people you’re helping, and every one of the people who took the journey came back a changed person, even more determined to stay committed to making a difference in the world!

We also made countless small but significant contributions of our time and resources within our communities through many grassroots charities we believe in, and the ripple effect of their efforts are always rewarding.