Toronto, ON – February 25, 2026 – Q Wealth Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura McNeil, CPA, CA, as Chief Performance Officer.
Laura joins Q Wealth following a distinguished finance career within complex healthcare companies and Canada’s investment industry regulatory landscape, most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer at the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO). She brings a wealth of experience across financial strategy, executive leadership, governance, strategic oversight, business partnering, change management, risk management, and enterprise performance.
The Chief Performance Officer role has been designed to bridge Q Wealth’s current scale with its long-term vision of becoming one of Canada’s most integrated and high-performing wealth platforms.
In her new role, Laura will enhance enterprise-wide performance by strengthening financial discipline, integrating operations and risk management into a unified performance framework, and Enhancing risk and governance practices. Focus will be both on Partnership level operations and ensuring Q Wealth Partner companies are all operating with optimal structure and margins to get the most out of Q Wealth’s transformational platform.
“Laura will play a crucial role as the company has just turned the corner into profitability, after over a decade of intense investment in building this leading platform” said Jared Rabinowitz, CEO of Q Wealth Partners. "When we reconnected with Laura last year, we started thinking about how we would benefit from her impressive skills and experience. When we did that, it became incredibly clear what an advantage we stood to gain by teaming up with her at this point in our journey. You don’t normally see a talent like Laura show up at this point of the game. We are thrilled with the caliber of leadership talent that we’re now attracting. It’s a testament to the quality of the team we have here at Q Wealth – and the amazing work we’ve done together… so far.”
Stephen Gasparek, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Business Development at Q Wealth Partners, added:
“Laura brings even deeper credibility to our leadership bench. She understands governance, performance, and strategic execution at the highest levels of our industry. As we continue to grow, her ability to translate strategy into measurable outcomes and align Partner performance with enterprise value creation will be invaluable to our long-term success. It will make sure that our Partners come along on our collective journey to prosperity.”
Laura commented:
“Reconnecting with Jared and Stephen and learning more about the evolution of Q Wealth made this an easy decision. Their passion for challenging the status quo and building a high-integrity partnership focused on enabling advisors to deliver exceptional client experience truly resonated with me. I am honoured to join the leadership team, and look forward to working alongside Jared, Stephen, and the entire Q Wealth team to support the partnership’s continued growth and strategic objectives.”
Q Wealth Partners continues to attract senior leadership talent as it advances its mission to build a transformative, advisor-aligned wealth platform rooted in partnership, integrity, and long-term value creation.
Laura’s appointment is part of a trio of recent leadership strength to join Q Wealth Partners - with Michelle Connolly, CPA, CA, TEP, FEA, CFP, an accomplished Advanced Planner with deep expertise in complex tax, estate, and multi-generational wealth planning strategies joining in December. Michelle is widely recognized for structuring sophisticated planning solutions for HNW and ultra-high-net-worth families -collaborating closely with Q Wealth Partners to deliver integrated, best-in-class outcomes.
The firm has also welcomed Paula Amy Hewitt as General Counsel. Paula brings extensive legal and regulatory experience within the financial services industry - providing strategic oversight across governance, compliance, risk management, and corporate transactions. Her leadership further enhances Q Wealth’s values which include operating with the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and fiduciary responsibility.
These appointments reflect Q Wealth’s continued prioritization of top talent to support its growing national Partnership and long-term aspirations.
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About Q Wealth Partners
Q Wealth Partners is a nationwide force for innovation in Canadian wealth management. Its unique Partnership model – limited to a highly curated group of 99 teams - delivers all benefits of owning a wealth management firm, at scale, without the intensive capital and time investments. This empowers advisors to move immediately to serving Clients better. Securities advice is enabled by Q Wealth’s Portfolio Management and Investment Fund Manager registrations.
Enabled by the efficiencies of Q Wealth’s core services, investment, and technology platform, Q Wealth Partner advisors spend their time differently – instead of spending the bulk of their days in the proverbial weeds, they spend it providing high levels of service to clients across the entire wealth and life management spectrum.
Q Wealth and Q Wealth Partners are trade names of Quintessence Wealth, a registered Portfolio Manager.
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Q Wealth Partners
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