RETIREMENT NAVIGATOR - Key Persons


Doug Dahmer - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Financial Planner
Doug Dahmer (MBA, CFP, TEP) is the CEO and Founder of Retirement Navigator and the creator of the tools and technologies that support the C3 Retirement Income Planning Process. He is passionately committed to solving the unique challenges and issues facing Baby Boomers as they prepare for a retirement which is rapidly being redefined. Over his almost 30-year career in the financial planning industry, Doug has become an expert in both the financial and non-financial aspects of planning for the second half of life. Doug holds an Honors Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfred Laurier University and a Masters of Business Administration Degree from York University. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)and is also a qualified member of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (TEP).

Frank Wiginton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Related
  • Certified Financial Planner and Registered Retirement Consultant
  • Planner and Advisor
Frank Wiginton is a Retirement Consultant at Retirement Navigator. For the past 22 years, he has been working with clients to improve their quality of life through better financial planning and education. Frank is the author of the best-selling book How to Eat an Elephant: Achieving Financial Success, One Bite at a Time. His frank, easy-going approach to teaching people about personal finances and strong Saskatchewan values of wanting to help others, make it a real pleasure to work with him. If you're ready to design the retirement you desire and achieve a better quality of life, reach out to Frank for a chat.

Gregory Dobson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Related
  • Chartered Professional Accountant
  • Planner and Advisor
Gregory Dobson (B.A., CMA, CPA, EPC, CEA) is a Financial Planner at Retirement Navigator. For the past 20+ years, Gregory has been delivering great value to clients as a Certified Financial Planner, helping clients plan their short-term needs and long-term goals. Greg is a Chartered Professional Accountant and lives by the motto "In Your Best Interest". As an experienced tax expert Greg is motivated by the desire to improve client's retirement income. Greg helps you make your plan better which results in "Better Money Choices".

Jim Lyons

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Related
  • Planner and Advisor
Jim Lyons (Hons. BA (Econ), RRC) is a retirement consultant at Retirement Navigator with over 25 years experience, and previous national thought leader evolving Holistic Retirement Advice. His passion in helping retirees through the complexities and nuances of the New Retirement aims at confidence, dignity and fulfillment.

Michael Deen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Related
  • Co - Founder, Planner and Advisor / Head of Operations and Financial Planner and Co - Founder of Better Money Choices the Platform Powering
Together with Doug Dahmer, Michael is a co-founded Better Money Choices an online planning platform which also powers the Navigator App. An Engineer and MBA holder Michael has over 20 years working in financial services; initially with investment banks in the UK as a market marker and subsequently building a financial planning platform and advising clients. An innovator and true problem solver when not managing technical operations for Retirement Navigator and Better Money Choices, Michael works with clients who's planning needs require non-conventional solutions due to their complexity. Head of Operations and Financial Planner and co-founder of Better Money Choices the platform powering…