Episode 4: Eric Janitis

With nearly 20 years of experience in financial services with RBC and as a partner in the Finucci Janitis Wealth Group, Eric Janitis has a deep passion for helping individuals and organizations realize their full portfolio and planning potential.

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Eric has held a variety of roles with RBC, shifting from branch management to RBC Dominion Securities in 2004.

When not at work, Eric and his wife Monica are very engaged in the community in the areas of education, healthcare, and the welfare of children, and enjoys a home life shared with their cat Jinx.

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Andrew Young: My name is Andrew Young. You may recognise me from the Internet. I love my life, my cats, my job, and my community. I'm taking up your time today because on this journey of life, I've met wonderful people who make our city better, and I want you to meet them, too. This is Andrew Young's Fantastic Talks with Remarkable People.

AY: Impressively intellectual. Impeccably individual. Idealistically involved. Our friendship has spanned decades. My respect for him will live on forever. One of the most driven and purposeful individuals that I know. Every moment spent with this gentleman is an investment in happiness. The real deal, Mr. Eric Janitis.

Eric Janitis: That's very kind, very kind.

AY: Thank you for joining me today. I really appreciate your time.

EJ: Thank you.

AY: Thank you so much. Mr. Janitis, we've known each other since 1992.

EJ: Correct.

AY: It's been a lot of fun watching you become such an impressive human being. I truly admire your involvement in the community, and I've modeled a lot of my involvement after you. From education to the health care and wel- welfare of children, what inspired, you to give back to your, to your community.

EJ: I think having parents that weren't born in, in Canada, you sort of tick that 'I won the lottery' box at the first level of just being born here, and then coming back to my parents, but also having parents that were very driven and actively involved in our lives and cared and nurtured and drove us for a positive outcome. And I don't know that if you don't have those things, that it's- that, that you don't tick the box because there's obviously a lot of wonderful stories of coming from challenging roots. I'm just saying, that's not me. I came from a life of really wonderful privilege, and from that standpoint, I think that you owe it to yourself, I think that you owe it to your community to give back, and ultimately, it's a big part of what to drives me professionally, but also as a citizen of London and the greater area.

AY: Wonderful. Now, both your parents were educators. Do you think that's part of your legacy, giving back to education and giving time back to education?

EJ: I think with having parents in the house that were educators and where there was such an importance placed on academics was more just a diversification of the diversity of our upbringing, that we had such a variety of interests and those were nurtured. We grew up in a, in a rural setting where there was no, no cable TV. Certainly reading and trying to absorb as much of the broader world was a big part of, of, of our upbringing, and also travel and seeing other cultures and interests, which really I think drove a broader interest in what was out there. And also, I think really what came down to an appreciation that there is a need in so many different fields, so you've mentioned gi...