For over 25 years, Jason Barakat has established himself as a financial services leader, entrepreneur, visionary, and philanthropist. His career has covered financial, insurance, legal, and nonprofit sectors, and he is recognized for leading organizations through transformation while ensuring that communities also benefit. His path reflects a balance between business growth and service to society. Jason has built a record of success in talent development and strategic partnerships. He has guided more than a thousand advisors and 60 leaders across Canada, offering mentorship and direction as they developed their careers. He has helped create more than 200 business partnerships with associations, groups, and government institutions. These collaborations were designed to deliver specialized, value-driven financial services that meet the needs of individuals, families, and organizations. Blending leadership, innovation, and purpose, Ghassan has made mentoring and recruiting a central part of his professional journey. He has supported hundreds of professionals, many of whom have advanced into leadership. His work has earned him awards for financial excellence, surpassing expectations, and leading teams toward stronger profitability and efficiency. These achievements demonstrate his ability to combine vision with discipline, while consistently emphasizing teamwork. Ghassan Barakat's career has been shaped by his commitment to learning, reinvention, and purposeful building. He has taken on roles in consulting, developed new solutions, integrated performance philanthropy, explored opportunities in the legal ecosystem, and directed strategic acquisitions. His focus has been on making legal-financial services widely available and inclusive. Guided by principles such as equity, the creation of both economic and social value, the democratization of financial opportunity, and the belief that financial knowledge and legal protection should be accessible to everyone, he continues to work toward a broad impact. A unique quality of Jason’s career is his ability to connect across finance, law, technology, and philanthropy. He has successfully grown multi-million-dollar platforms, launched startups, and supported charitable projects. These efforts have been designed to create systems that endure and serve people in meaningful ways. In 2022, Ghassan founded Nolos Cabinet Multidisciplinaire Inc., where he serves as Founder & CEO. Nolos is a Canadian company that integrates FinTech, InsurTech, and LegalTech into one platform. Its purpose is to democratize middle-class families' access to financial and legal services. The platform combines a Quebec-based legal firm, a notarial study, and a national financial MGA that distributes protection and wealth solutions from Canada’s top financial institutions. Under his leadership, Nolos has expanded through acquisitions and partnerships. In 2022, he acquired Skylegal, a Quebec legaltech company. In 2023, he launched a charitable foundation to promote access to justice and financial protection during estate and legacy planning. More recently, he acquired a technology firm that develops specialized software for public and private institutions, which added new B2B capabilities to the Nolos platform. Before founding Nolos, Jason Barakat served as a Strategic Senior Consultant, with mandates that included Chubb Insurance and other major organizations. From 2003 to 2021, he was President and Principal Officer with AMF of La Capitale Services Conseils. During this time, he increased assets under management from $300 million to over $3 billion and expanded financial services for Quebec’s public sector employees. In 2017, he became President of La Capitale Financial Security, where he modernized compensation structures, expanded national operations for disability and personal finance solutions, and emphasized inclusion and performance. He also served as President of SSQ Financial Group Distribution, where he modernized retirement planning, managed post-merger alignment, and improved client service, compliance, and profitability. Philanthropy has always been part of Jason’s work. For over two decades, Jason has contributed to efforts such as the Guignolet de Saint-Vincent de Paul and supported charitable causes connected to retirement planning and public institutions. In 2021, he partnered with Peartree Canada to help organizations and families expand their social impact through strategic giving. Later, he established the Nolos Foundation, focusing on access to justice and family legacy planning. He also serves as a volunteer leader for nonprofit boards and participates in interfaith humanitarian projects. Ghassan studied at Concordia University, John Molson School of Business, specializing in finance, business law, and theology. He has also completed studies in securities, investments, estate planning, insurance, venture capital, and strategic philanthropy, earning certifications along the way. Alongside his career, Ghassan Barakat is a devoted husband and father of two. His family provides daily inspiration and strengthens his values of love, faith, and responsibility, which shape his choices and his leadership. By combining humility, empathy, and service, Jason remains dedicated to building a legacy for his children, his community, and future generations.