Sales Team

Cédric joined Pender in June 2024 and is a District Vice President for Quebec. Prior to joining Pender, Cédric had senior sales roles at Invesco, National Bank and RGP Investments. In addition to his extensive industry experience, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Montreal, an MBA from the Hautes Études […]

Laurent Galarneau joined Pender in August 2021 and is a District Vice President of retail sales in Quebec. He has been in the financial services industry since 2015. Prior to joining Pender, he undertook a hybrid wholesaler role for a Canadian investment management company. He also worked as an Associate Investment Advisor at a Canadian […]

Josh Rowland is District Vice President, Ontario. Josh joined Pender after spending the five years at another prominent Canadian-based asset management firm. He graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a Bachelor of Business Administration. Josh is a CFA Charterholder, and a member of the CFA Society of Toronto. Josh enjoys many sports including golf in the summer and snowboarding in the winter, in addition to running year […]

Stephen McDermott has extensive experience in investment wholesaling having successfully built and grown four sales regions across Western Canada over his 30-year career. He started out working at one of Canada’s big five banks before joining a then-independent fund company as a regional vice president. He moved laterally to spend 13 years at a global insurance […]

Cecelia joined Pender in March 2025 and is the Senior District Vice President in the retail sales team, responsible for sales and relationships in Northern Alberta and Manitoba. Cecelia brings a wealth of experience to Pender, having spent the past twelve years as a Director in the investment management division of a leading Canadian insurer […]

Ian Collins joined Pender in May 2011 and is a Senior District Vice President. He has worked in progressively more senior sales roles over more than 30 years in the financial services industry. He began his career at a leading international mutual fund company, where he opened up the Western Canadian sales office. He then […]

Lucy Nair joined Pender in May 2012 and is now the Manager, Inside Sales. She joined Pender as an Administrative Assistant and has worked in different roles throughout the company with the Investment and Marketing teams, and served as the corporate secretary of the publicly traded, Pender Growth Fund until 2020. Lucy joined the retail […]

Derek Trudel joined Pender in April 2025 as our Vice President, National Accounts, responsible for building our Pender’s brand with investment dealer firms in Canada. During his career, Derek has held positions at both asset management and financial advisory firms in the areas of Business Development and Investment Product. Derek earned a Bachelor of Business […]

Ben Myers joined Pender in September 2014 and is now Regional Vice President of retail sales for Central and Eastern Canada. He has worked in the financial services industry since leaving school and has had various roles during eight years working at a leading Canadian asset management firm. Ben has a Bachelor of Arts and […]