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Sam Sivarajan
Managing Director,
Head of Manulife Private Wealth
Sam Sivarajan has almost 20 years of international experience in investment and private banking, as well as
law and draws on this diverse experience to help address the challenges facing Manulife Private Wealth’s
(MPW) clients.
Sam is currently the Managing Director and Head of Manulife Private Wealth. Prior to assuming this role,
he was the Head of Investments and Head of Sales at MPW and was responsible for establishing Manulife
Private Wealth’s investment platform. He previously held senior management roles at the Canadian
subsidiary of an international bank, where he was responsible for the founding of the top-ranked ultrahigh-net-worth business in Canada and headed the team of advisors working with high-net-worth and
ultra-high-net-worth Canadian clients. Earlier in his career, Sam was a senior mergers and acquisitions
investment banker in the telecommunications sector in London, UK and Vienna, Austria, as well as a
corporate lawyer for a leading Canadian international business law firm.
Sam currently serves on the advisory boards of the Canadian Club of Toronto, the Arthritis Society, and the
New Life Centre and has been active as a fundraiser for the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab Foundation and
Princess Margaret Hospital. He has trekked the Andes and Eastern Himalayas, and has reached the summit
of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, and Gran Paradiso, the highest peak in the Italian Alps. Sam also
completed the Boston Marathon in 2013. In 2015, he completed a 9 days, 1400 km cycling trip from
London, UK to Monaco.
Sam published a well-received book on personal wealth management titled: “Money Talks: Lessons from
Canada’s Wealthiest” and is regularly quoted in the media. He is currently undertaking a part-time
doctorate in behavioural finance at the University of Manchester.
A graduate of University of Western Ontario (Economics), he also has his Master of Business Administration
and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Toronto, and is a Certified Financial Planner (U.K.).
Manulife Private Wealth offers comprehensive wealth management solutions to clients with
unique personal and financial goals.
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