Our Team

For over 30 years, J. Blake Williams has been assisting clients create wealth for this generation and the next. As a trusted financial advisor, Blake has spent the last three decades building a strong practice that has successfully helped hundreds of clients achieve their financial goals.

Blake had the good fortune of meeting his mentor, Michael Lee Chin, while attending McMaster University and eventually worked with him at Berkshire Securities early in his career. In 2013, Blake re-joined Michael at Mandeville Private Client Inc. as a founding advisor. Blake has found his passion of helping families create wealth and after three decades in the industry this passion has not waned, but only intensified.

Blake lives in the Niagara region with his wife Colleen and enjoys an active lifestyle of weight training and biking. Blake is actively involved in his church, Teen Challenge (an addiction recovery centre) and missionary work in Jamaica.

Since entering the financial services industry in 2009, Melissa has been working passionately to help her clients achieve their wealth goals for over 10 years.

Melissa graduated from the University of Guelph in 2002 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. She followed this up by completing her Master of Arts, Economics degree at Queen’s University the subsequent year. Melissa joined Mandeville Private Client Inc. back in 2013, working alongside Blake Williams as his investment associate. In 2021, Melissa very excitedly formed a partnership with Blake and they continue to work side-by-side helping their clients realize their financial goals for now, for the future and for the next generation.

Melissa is a lifetime resident of Burlington, where she currently resides with her husband and their two little girls. When not working, she can usually be found with her husband, chasing their kids around at home, the cottage, or the beach somewhere.