Eric Benchetrit is a financial services industry thought leader and recognized authority in his space, practicing for over a quarter century, collaborating with professional advisory teams and consulting with entrepreneurs, professionals, executives and family offices on elegant, insurance-based tax mitigation, inter-generational, wealth transfer and succession structures. He's been a keynote speaker at many major high-profile financial service industry events, appeared on radio programs, written articles, been profiled and quoted in publications, served on advisory boards and as a sought after educator, been a faculty member for Seneca College's Financial Services Practitioner certification program. He has worked at the executive and distribution level for head offices of Canadian insurance and investment firms and through his network of CPAs, tax lawyers and global insurers he provides access to proprietary tax mitigation structures for affluent Canadians. He’s also served as an advisor succession planning specialist assisting private equity firms in determining valuations of financial services practices for acquisitions and maintains a personal practice as a financial advisor on a personal introduction basis only. He has co-chaired political delegations at Parliament Hill and internationally, serves as a board member on a number of non profit organizations and been honoured by his community for his multiple philanthropic endeavours. Specialties: sales, marketing, training, distribution, tax mitigation, mergers & acquisitions, private equity