Advocis, The Financial Advisors Association of Canada, announced on July 9 the appointment of Sara Gelgor and John Hamilton to the TFAAC Board of Directors.

Gelgor will serve as Public Director, and Hamilton has also been appointed to the Board of the Institute for Advanced Financial Education (IAFE), where he will serve as Chair.

Gelgor has held senior leadership roles in the financial services sector and currently leads regulatory compliance oversight for the wealth planning and retail banking operations at HSBC Bank Canada.

She has served as a board member of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, including Toronto Hydro and the University of Toronto Governing Council Business Board, and has been named to the Diversity 50 by the Canadian Board Diversity Council.

Hamilton is President of RBC Wealth Management Financial Services. He holds the CLU and FEA designations. He is also an associate member of CALU (Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting). He has chaired the IIROC Insurance sub-committee of the Retail Sales Committee.