John Nicola
CFP, CLU, CHFC
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

A veteran of the financial services industry since 1974, John provides strategic leadership to Nicola Wealth Management, exercising his passion for providing innovative solutions to clients’ complex problems.
His areas of expertise include wealth accumulation and management through the use of trusts, creative pension and insurance arrangements, and professional investment managers.
In 2011, John was announced winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Financial and Professional Services in the Pacific Region after having been a finalist in 2010.
He is a Founding Member of CALU (Conference for Life Underwriters) and has continued to contribute to the organization for example, by serving as the Chair for the 2003 annual meeting.
The list of groups John has spoken to over the last several years includes:
- Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting
- The Financial Advisors association of Canada (Advocis)
- Canadian Association of Financial Planners (CAFP)
- Pacific Business Law Institute
- Chartered Life Underwriters (CLU)
- Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU)
- Million Dollar Round Table and Top of the Table
- Pacific Dental Conference
- Canadian Institute of Actuaries
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC
- Certified General Accountants Association
Married over 30 years, John and Claire have 3 children - Christopher, Jason and Jared - with whom they enjoy many activities including the outdoors, traveling, golf, tennis and running.
Contact John: 604.739.6450 or jnicola@nicolawealth.com (jnicola null@null nicolawealth NULL.com)

