Pat Beauchamp Classification
Posted by Bill Molesworth
Jamie Hunter reports that Patrick Beauchamp is related to every person of French Heritage in northern Simcoe County. His father's family is still farming property that's been in the family since the 1870's. His mother was a Gignac, which links him to all sorts of people. He grew up speaking French - is still working on English - but got along well enough to take Recreational Studies though he discovered and fell in love with macroeconomics. He helped out at his mother's store for a while, met Rona Wilkinson and went with her to Toronto to work as a broker's assistant while he pursued a financial education. They came back to the area, he worked in Barrie at the National Bank, he's now at the Nova Scotia and he and Rona have two children, Hannah and Benjamin.
Pat introduced us to some banker humour, which does not need to be memorialized. He said his Dad was still farming at 70, that he does belong to an extended family - his grandfather had 8 brothers, some of whom he never really got to know.
He reports that Recreation and Leisure is a real course, that he had baseball ambitions that did not quite pan out, but that he did discover macroeconomics as an elective and turned to it with enthusiasm.
Rona did not like Toronto and 'suggested' they move back here. His work with the National was as a Financial Advisor (he says banks give titles, not money). He's moved to the Bank of Nova Scotia on King Street. This is the second oldest bank in Canada which put its first branch in Midland in 1963, in a trailer. There are 900 branches in Canada and the Bank is active in 44 countries.
His focus now is on the 'mature' customer, building relationships, working with their more complex circumstances and building value. He has a great team of experts to call on for advice and enjoys the work.
In response to a question he said that though he had not actually experienced it, the biggest change in banking has been the advent of computers and plastic. He has had customers ask what a check is for. One, though, asked why he would need an ATM card because if he needed money at 3 am it must be for something he's not supposed to be doing.
He reports that Recreation and Leisure is a real course, that he had baseball ambitions that did not quite pan out, but that he did discover macroeconomics as an elective and turned to it with enthusiasm.
Rona did not like Toronto and 'suggested' they move back here. His work with the National was as a Financial Advisor (he says banks give titles, not money). He's moved to the Bank of Nova Scotia on King Street. This is the second oldest bank in Canada which put its first branch in Midland in 1963, in a trailer. There are 900 branches in Canada and the Bank is active in 44 countries.
His focus now is on the 'mature' customer, building relationships, working with their more complex circumstances and building value. He has a great team of experts to call on for advice and enjoys the work.
In response to a question he said that though he had not actually experienced it, the biggest change in banking has been the advent of computers and plastic. He has had customers ask what a check is for. One, though, asked why he would need an ATM card because if he needed money at 3 am it must be for something he's not supposed to be doing.