RBC Hires Three Female Advisors From Wirehouses

RBC Wealth Management has expanded its Illinois force with the hiring of a mother-daughter financial advisor team from Merrill Lynch and another female financial advisor from Wells Fargo.

“Increasing our number of female financial advisors is important to our long-term growth strategy,” Burton Street, director of RBC wealth management’s Chicago complex, said in a statement. “We want our workforce to be more reflective of our society and our communities.”

Mother-daughter combination Mary E. Williams and Michelle Grist, who operate as the Williams and Grist Investment Group, join RBC in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.

Williams serves as senior vice president and financial advisor following 29 years in the industry. She had been registered with Merrill Lynch since 1983, according to her public registration records with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Grist was an associate vice president and a financial advisor. She had been registered with Merrill Lynch since 2005, according to her FINRA registration records. Both Williams and Grist report to Oak Brook Branch Director Carrie Rosen.

RBC also hired financial advisor Jill Willis from Wells Fargo in its Chicago office. Willis comes to RBC after serving for 31 years in the industry, which also includes previous stints at A.G. Edwards & Sons and Everen Securities, her FINRA registration records show.