Aravind Sithamparapillai’s path to becoming an advisor started in a birthing room

About this episode

Aravind Sithamparapillai discusses his journey from supporting midwives to becoming a financial planner specializing in their unique challenges.

After supporting his wife through three midwife-assisted pregnancies, Aravind Sithamparapillai realized that Ontario's midwives were navigating complex tax choices and unique career longevity hurdles with very little support. Today, Aravind is a financial planner at Ironwood Wealth Management Group, where he specializes in advising midwives and women in health care. He speaks with Brenda about his cross-continental family history, what he learned from female mentors in the industry and how he navigates deeply vulnerable conversations around financial planning.

People in this episode

Guest: Aravind Sithamparapillai

Topics covered

• financial planning
• midwives
• health care
• career longevity
• tax choices

Keywords

• financial planner
• midwives
• health care
• tax choices
• career longevity
• vulnerable conversations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ironwood Wealth Management Group

Places: Ontario

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