Meet The Team
Private Client Service Associate
Private Client Service Associate
Karen Zhu has seven years of customer service experience, including five years with TD. Fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin, she is dedicated to building strong client relationships and delivering a seamless, personalized banking experience.
Additional TD Specialists
Business Succession Advisor
Business Succession Advisor
Your experienced Business Succession Advisor of the Wealth Advisory Services team will work with you and your team of external advisors, including lawyers, accountants and business brokers, to help you maximize your business' value, and create and implement a plan for the smooth transfer of your business down the road.
High Net Worth Planner
High Net Worth Planner
Your High Net Worth Planner of the Wealth Advisory Services team will work with you and your other professional advisors, when appropriate, to develop comprehensive wealth strategies based on a number of wealth considerations. Among them: creating retirement income streams, estate planning, business and insurance considerations, transitioning your business, accessing sophisticated credit solutions, tax planning and philanthropic planning.
Tax and Estate Planner
Tax and Estate Planner
The Tax and Estate Planner of the Wealth Advisory Services team applies expertise in estate, trust and tax planning to assist you in developing an estate plan that reflects your personal choices for the future, and the legacy you will leave behind. To help manage your responsibilities, we can work with other TD specialists and external subject matter experts to help identify issues and properly structure your estate in a tax effective manner.
Associate Director, Private Giving Foundation, Philanthropic Advisory Services
Associate Director, Private Giving Foundation, Philanthropic Advisory Services
Jess Merber is the Associate Director, Private Giving Foundation, Philanthropic Advisory Services, TD Wealth.
As part of the leadership team, she works with multi-generational families to help them maximize their philanthropic impact and establish tax-efficient charitable legacies as part of their financial and estate plans. She speaks to clients and advisors across the country on the topics of philanthropy and charitable giving, with a focus on women and families.
Jess is trained in reputation management, mediation, and conflict management. She holds the Family Enterprise Advisor designation among her credentials.
Jess believes in service and has been recognized by the Ontario Government for her volunteer efforts. She served as Director and Chair of the Board of ACCESS Community Capital Fund, a Toronto non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty through microloans, business training and mentoring. She is a member of the Waterfront Toronto PlayPark Campaign cabinet and has been a TD Ready Commitment Ambassador since the program started in 2019.
