Four members of CAIFA/CAFP have been chosen as Advisors of the Year in their respective regions. The winners of the fourth annual awards were announced yesterday.

Lance Howard, Malcolm Ross, David Christianson, and Christian Boucher are all members of CAIFA/CAFP, the merged association created in September when delegates and members of both groups voted in favour of joining forces.

Lance Howard and Patrick Keyes, both of The Lance Howard Group, Cartier Partners, in London were cited as Advisors of the Year for the Ontario region.

Malcolm Ross of Invest-A-Flex Financial Strategies, IPC, in Vancouver was chosen as the winner in the B.C./Territories region.

David Christianson of Wellington West Total Wealth Management in Winnipeg picked up the award for the Prairies region.

Christian Boucher of inExtenso, Cartier Partners, in Quebec City was named Advisor of the Year for Quebec.

The winner of the Atlantic region award was David Morgan of CIBC Wood Gundy in Saint John/Moncton, N.B.

Honourable mentions went to: Mary Thorpe of Cartier Partners in Burlington, Ontario; Ralph Zielsdorf of Zielsdorf Financial, Assante in Calgary; Sandra Mews of Cartier Partners in Sudbury, Ont.; Sheila Munch Page and Associates in Oshawa, Ont. And Timothy Paziuk of TPC Financial in Victoria.