Debra Wooding, FCSI, CIM, CIWM, PFP, TEP
Debra is a passionate and authentic financial mentor. She enjoys fostering a deep understanding of her client’s key issues and core life objectives in an effort to simplify and navigate the complexities of their wealth.
She has been serving our clients since 1986 and holds the following professional designations: Chartered Investment Manager, Certified International Wealth Manager, Professional Financial Planner, Trust and Estate Practitioner, and Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute.
Debra is the former Chair of the Edmonton Chapter CIBC Children’s Foundation and Compassion House Foundation over the past seven years. She is a past Director of STEP, Camp Health Hope and Happiness, I Human Youth Society, and Youth Write. She has also lead The Wooding Group’s commitment of long term sponsorship of Hope International, an organization that provides money, technology and training for bringing clean water to third world countries. She has been involved in the non profit sector of her local community, fundraising and supporting many organizations to give a hand up to those less fortunate.
On a personal note, Deb is Mom to six adult children and has five grandchildren. Plus one loved fur baby, her Berne doodle Pippers. She is also an aspiring artist; painting dog portraits in her spare time.
Debra Wooding
TranscriptThomas Wooding, P.Eng, FCSI, CIM, TEP, CIMA
The Wooding Group has been a member of the CIBC Wood Gundy Chairman’s Council since 1993.
Tom graduated from the University of Alberta in 1982 as a Mechanical Engineer, achieving his P.Eng status at Schlumberger, a global oilfield services company. He began his career as an Investment Advisor in 1985 and was appointed First Vice-President of CIBC Wood Gundy in 2001.
Tom achieved his Certified Investment Management Analyst designation at the Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania. He also holds the following professional designations: Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute, Professional Financial Planner, Trust and Estate Practitioner, Chartered Investment Manager and Responsible Investment Advisor.
Tom is an Indigenous Trust and investment Specialist, a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Investment Management Consultants Association, and the Alberta Insurance Council.
A former Director of the Art Gallery of Alberta, Tom is an avid fisherman, sailor and skier, as well as an aspiring science fiction writer in his leisure time.
• Tom and Deb have spent their entire career with the firm (1985, 1987)
• They have 6 kids, 5 Grandchildren and one fur baby
• They both enjoy boating, skiing, and cabin life
• Tom is an avid Fisherman and Deb is an avid Hiker
Tom Wooding
TranscriptLindsay MacPhie, CFP, CIM
Lindsay’s role as Business Leader and Associate Investment Advisor is integral to the sustained satisfaction of our clients.
She has been leading our team to ensure all clients enjoy an exceptional advisory experience since 2001. As an Investment Advisor, Lindsay is also focused on providing wealth management and financial planning advice to clients. As she holds the Certified Financial Planner designation, she is also knowledgeable about insurance, estate planning and tax planning strategies. Lindsay also has a decade of experience in partnering with Tom for the benefit of our Indigenous clients. Lindsay and Tom are two of only a handle full of Advisors that are designated Responsible Investment Advisors in Canada.
A graduate of Grant MacEwan University, Lindsay earned a diploma in Arts and Cultural Management and was awarded her Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation in 2013, Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) designation in 2014 and Responsible Investment Advisor (RIAC) designation in 2016. She is currently working on completing her Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designation.
Lindsay is a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) and the Alberta Insurance Council (AIC), the Estate Planning Council (EPC), Responsible Investment Association (RIA), National Aboriginal Trust Officers Association (NATOA) as well as The Business and Professional Women’s club of Edmonton (BPW).
Married with three children, Lindsay and her husband Pete love their dog, the mountains, skiing, biking, hiking and cooking.
Lindsay MacPhie
TranscriptPeter MacPhie, MBA
In August 2015 Pete joined the Wooding Group as an advisor and has enjoyed working under the guidance of Tom & Debra.
Pete’s goal is to facilitate the engagement of new client relationships to our practice. He’s a keen advocate of helping people understand their goals and objectives; and creating the achievement plan with technology rich tools and strategies. Pete core belief is that always acting in the best interest of clients will build a relationship of life long trust.
Pete began his career in finance in 2000; spending much of his time as a Regional Director at Russell Investments Canada. There, he built his foundation in investment expertise by working for a globally recognized leader in investment consulting and manager research. Russell consults on some of the largest Pensions and Institutions in the world including Boeing, Coca-Cola and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
In 2011, Pete took on the challenge of an Executive MBA from the University of Alberta. Balancing the demands of school, work and a family was challenging for all, but the rewards of that endeavor are lasting. Pete was known by his classmates as an expert in Finance and with the unique skill of taking complicated concepts and distilling them down to their simplest form. That has carried over into his role as an Investment Advisor as he believes his core responsibility is to be able to answer the question, Am I on track?
In his spare time, Pete is dedicated to spending time with his family: his wife Lindsay, the boys Jack, Heath and Harlow. Many weekends are spent in Canmore where he follows his other pursuit of mountain biking. He has participated in endurance races in Canada and Europe and continues to commute to work daily (even in winter!) on his bike in Edmonton.