Steve joined IG Wealth Management in North Bay in 2008 after spending 15 years as the operator of four high volume restaurants in Toronto. Steve has both a personal and professional passion for finance and financial planning. He is also actively involved in the North Bay community through his many volunteer activities and philanthropic activities. He is the chair of One Kids Place Children’s Treatment Centre (OKP) has sat on the Board of the AIDS Committee of North Bay and Invest North Bay. He is involved in countless other committees all focused on making North Bay a better place to live and work. Steve and his family give back to the community through donations to many charities including Chat4Chad, the North Bay Hospital Foundation, One Kids Place (Autism Summer Camp program), the North Bay Food Bank (Deacon Family Center) and The Village at Canadore College (Deacon Family Meeting Place). In 2015, Steve was awarded the Herbert H. Carnegie Community Service Award at IG, which recognizes outstanding client service and exceptional long-term community service at a national level.

Steve was born and raised in Northern Ontario in the mining town of Cobalt. He is married to Mark Deacon, and they have two sons–Freddy and Will–as well as several dogs and an indeterminate number of horses.

"You can't go wrong by doing the right thing."

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