Michael Debbink - Wealth management approach

Our approach – the solution to your wealth management challenge

Accumulating wealth is one thing. Preserving it is another. Mitigating life’s inherent risks, researching and making wise investment choices, effectively allocating your portfolio... all while implementing estate planning directives can be overwhelming. Finding a trusted advisor who has the expertise and experience to help you navigate through the complex world of wealth management is key to successfully achieving your goals.

Michael Debbink can be the solution to your challenge. As a team of highly skilled financial advisors with a combined 60 plus years of experience, we are able to help you achieve even your most sophisticated financial objectives. The more we know about you, the more we can help you.

We follow a disciplined, client centric, process to ensure that we understand and address your needs in a comprehensive and thoughtful manner. We involve our internal experts to make sure that your financial situation is thoroughly and confidentially analyzed. Tailored solutions are created for you to meet the highest possible standards. We work together with your CPA and attorney and, when helpful, we bring in outside experts to provide the best possible results for you.

We are willing to meet with you whenever and wherever it is convenient for you. We seek to provide a level of service that you have not experienced before. We welcome the opportunity to be of benefit to you and your family.

Wealth management professionals

Client Strategies Team

The Client Strategies Team is a resource to help support you in your wealth planning goals, developing a strong understanding of your personal financial objectives, gathering valuable information and addressing complex financial and wealth strategies issues. Explore the bios below to learn more about the team.

Alex Ingalls

Wealth Management Consultant

Alex provides expertise to RBC Wealth Management financial advisors who work with endowments, non-profits and foundations. Alex also assists financial advisors in using internal and external wealth management tools, including sophisticated software programs, to help provide appropriate solutions for clients' needs.

Janet Engels

Senior Vice President, Director of Portfolio Advisory Group

A 32-year veteran of the securities industry, Janet Engels became Director of RBC Wealth Management’s Portfolio Advisory Group in 2002 following the acquisition of Tucker Anthony Inc. She is Co-Chair of the Global Portfolio Advisory Committee (GPAC) and a member of the firm’s Directors Group. She is also a member of the Financial Women’s Association of New York and a frequent speaker at client seminars throughout the country. She has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business and has been quoted in several leading industry publications. Janet was also the recipient of RBC Wealth Management’s “Irv Weiser Diversity Award” in recognition of her commitment to supporting the education of women and increasing awareness about persons with disabilities. Janet received a B.S. in Business Administration from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania.

Malia Haskins

Wealth Strategist

Malia works with RBC Wealth Management financial advisors to develop appropriate wealth management solutions for clients in the areas of estate planning, retirement planning, stock option planning, charitable giving, education funding and wealth transfer. She also works with clients’ attorneys, accountants and other professionals to implement strategies to meet clients’ financial objectives.

Matt Kirby

Credit Solutions Consultant

Matt partners with financial advisors to provide customized lending solutions for high-net-worth clients, trusts and personal holding companies. He provides recommendations on how the strategic use of credit can help clients meet a variety of wealth accumulation and liquidity management goals, including real estate purchases, bridge financing and refinancing existing high-cost debt.