Jeffrey Hui

President & Chief Executive Officer  Mr. Hui obtained his B.Comm degree from the University of Toronto and holds the Financial Management Advisor (FMA) designation, the Certified Financial Planning (CFP) designation, the Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI) designation, the Chartered Professional (Ch.P.) Strategic Wealth designation, the Canadian Investment Manager (CIM) designation, the Chartered Strategic Wealth Professional (CSWP) designation and the Certified International Wealth Manager (CIWM) designation.

Mr. Hui has extensive working experience in the financial industry and is also a licensed mortgage agent, life insurance broker and registered insurance broker of Ontario. Mr. Hui is a member of both the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP) and Associate member of Association of International Wealth Management (AIWM).

Mr. Hui is also the founder and Executive Director of CWF Group Inc. and CWF Group Mortgages Inc., a franchisee of The Mortgage Centre (a division of CIBC) since their inception in 2004 and 2016 respectively.

Arif Khan

Director of Underwriting  Mr. Khan holds post graduate certification in Financial Services Underwriting with a specialist in fraud prevention and forensic underwriting. He has served as an industry advisor and contributing panelist to lenders, insurers, industry professional associations and regulators regarding market trends and policy development.

Mr. Khan is the founder and principal at Solid Ground Mortgage Solutions Inc.  He has significant experience advising, structuring, and developing compliance practices and distribution suitability benchmarks, in the areas of real estate investment vehicles including Mortgage Investment Corporations (MICs), and Syndicated Mortgages products.

Additionally, Mr. Khan previously served as a City Councilor for the City of Barrie.

Allan Taube

Director of Operations  Mr. Taube graduated as a CA in 1974 and practiced as a public chartered accountant as a partner at Klayman & Taube CA and at Gilbert, Taube and Goldberg CA for over 10 years. He left public practice in 1984 to become a partner with the Philmor Group of Companies to develop, syndicate and manage various real estate syndications in the GTA. Over the next 12 years Mr. Taube has been involved in developing, syndicating and managing over $200 million of real estate products investing in high-rise condos, town homes and a country club.

For approximately 10 years up until 2005 Mr. Taube developed a network of agents and distributors to sell and market in excess of $100 million of numerous tax assisted projects in a variety business sectors.

From 2006 till the present he has been engaged as a consultant with various real estate developers to assist in the development and syndication of over $85 million of specific residential & long term care real estate projects in both Canada and the United States.

Over the past 40+ years Mr. Taube has developed a strong network of real estate lawyers, securities lawyers, real estate agents, securities agents, mortgage brokers & property managers with a focus on structuring and selling investments.

Benny Cheung

Director, Sales  Ms. Cheung immigrated to Canada in 1986 where she began her Canadian career at Manulife Financial. In 2004, Ms. Cheung founded Elegant Financial Inc., a financial brokerage managing over 50 agents and more than 3,000 clients worldwide.  With over 25 years of experience in the financial industry Ms. Cheung actively helps clients meet and achieve their financial goals.  Ms. Cheung is a member of the Canadian MDRT and is a licensed life insurance broker and a mortgage agent.

Ms. Cheung actively participates in the community.  As one of the founding members of the Toronto Lions Club, Ms. Cheung serviced the club for over 10 years and was also nominated as the ninth President.  Ms. Cheung was a member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Toronto for 14 years and was elected as the President of the association.  Ms. Cheung was also the Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the Toronto International Dragon Boat Festival (TIDBRF) and is currently the acting President of the Federation of Transoceanic Chinese Canadian Association.  Ms. Cheung initiated and organized two trade exchanges between the Canadian Chinese Chamber of Commerce and China while accompanied by the mayor and parliamentarians of Canada visiting all over China and meeting with local Chinese officials and business representatives to help bridge economic trade between Canada and China.  As a member of SickKids Hospital Foundation Ms. Cheung help organize 4 annual fundraising events raising more than $2.5 million in donations.

Kim Chan

Director, Sales  Mr. Chan graduated from University of Saskatchewan majoring in microbiology.  He joined the financial industry in 1996 and has witnessed the changes in the industry for the past 22 years including licensing, products and demutualization.

As an advisor, Mr. Chan has serviced a clientele of 850 clients and more than 1,500 contracts.  He was an Associate Manager at Sun Life office of 95 advisors.

Mr. Chan holds the Certified Financial Planning (CFP) designation. Mr. Chan is a licensed life insurance broker, a registered insurance broker of Ontario (RIBO) and also an exempt market representative (EMR).  Mr. Chan is also the Vice President of Business Operations at CWF Group Inc.

Barry Lebow, FRI, CRF, Master-ASA, ABR, SRES, CREC, IFAS

Professional Land Economist, Arbitrator and Mediator

Advisor Starting his real estate career in 1968, Barry Lebow has evolved into one of Canada’s most recognized real estate professionals. His articles circulate across Canada and around the world. As a popular guest speaker and instructor, he has appeared before real estate and legal audiences across Canada, the United States and international. He has trained thousands of real estate professionals over the years.

Barry is one of the most versatile of all real estate professionals, given his demonstrated experience in areas including real estate evaluation, brokerage, construction and renovation,  mediation, arbitration, mortgage brokerage and of course, his passion – education. This extensive background has qualified him as an expert witness in more than 500 court proceedings plus hearings and arbitrations. Starting in the 1970s, he built Lebow, Hicks Appraisal Services Inc. into one of the best-recognized boutique real estate appraisal firms in Canada. He sold his interest in the firm to return to his passion, selling real estate in 2010. He is a broker with RE/MAX Ultimate Realty Inc. and is recognized by RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic for being in the elite top 5% of RE/MAX agents.

Barry Lebow has earned 14 recognized real estate designations, with 3 specific to appraisal and is a member of multiple real estate organizations. He was a former national director of the Real Estate Institute of Canada and has served as chair, president, or sat on the national boards of various professional associations.  He is the author of various education programs and seminars which he teaches for real estate boards in Ontario.

In 2007 he founded the Society of Senior Agents and launched the Accredited Senior Agent designation program for Realtors across Canada. Thousands of Realtors have now taken the training for the ASA designation.

Barry is also a community leader who has continually been active raising money or volunteering for various charities or community groups and he sits as an advisor to three nonprofit housing complexes and has acted as an advisor to many charitable organizations. He is active in raising money for Alzheimer’s research at Baycrest Hospital and supports various other charities.

He is proud to have received the Meritorious Service Award from the Toronto Chapter of the Real Estate Institute of Canada in 2009 for his leadership and professionalism in organized real estate. In 2018 he was awarded the QuadReal Literary Award by the REIC for the finest of real estate writing for the year.