National Post columnist Golombek to counsel CIBC's private-client advisors. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has hired Jamie Golombek, formerly head of tax and estate planning at AIM Trimark Investments.

Golombek is best known as a personal-tax columnist for the National Post, a Toronto-based mass-circulation daily.

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"Jamie will work closely with advisors [with] CIBC Private Wealth Management (PWM), Wood Gundy, Imperial Service" and other sales channels "to support their high-net-worth clients and deliver integrated financial planning," says CIBC's executive v.p. Victor Dodig.

Wood Gundy is Toronto-based CIBC's principal retail brokerage. CIBC Imperial Service is its retail-bank-based brokerage.

When he starts in the middle of July 2008, Golombek will report to CIBC PWM head Gary Whitfield.

Golombek has been with AIM Trimark for the past 12 years. Last week, the Toronto-based fund manager said it was disappointed to see Golombek go, but that the move represented "a significant opportunity for [him] to expand his skill sets within a new role." The firm added that Doug Carroll will take over as the firm's resident expert on tax and estate planning.

Golombek will continue to write for the National Post and other publications. -FWR

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