Alan Xiang

Alan Xiang, CFA®, CAIA, MBA

Investment Advisor

Alan took his undergraduate degree in Macromolecular Science & Engineering at Zhejiang University, a top university in mainland China. He came to Canada in 2006 and completed a Master of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering specialized in controlled drug release device at École Polytechnic de Montreal. After spending several years in the manufacturing sector, he then took the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at the Rotman School of Management from University of Toronto. He started his investment career as a senior analyst at a major Canadian asset management firm for 4 years and then moved to private wealth for another 8 years as an associate investment advisor at a top wealth management firm. He joined BMO Nesbitt Burns as an investment advisor in Mar 2026. Fluent in Mandarin and English, Alan holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA®) designations.

 

Alan actively involves in his community with helps on career coaching and networking. He loves adventures, from backcountry hiking in Utah to driving over 1000 km in one day to chase iceberg in Newfoundland. He enjoys road trips in Alaska with wildlife close encounters, and in Morocco to spend the night camping in the Sahara Desert under the Milky Way. Enthusiastic in landscape photography, he captures and showcases some of the amazing moments on his personal photography website. Alan lives in Thornhill with his wife Janine, and their daughter and son.

Welcome to BMO Nesbitt Burns

At BMO Nesbitt Burns, our Investment Advisors can help you develop a plan that’s right for your needs – today and in the future. No matter where you are in life, our Advisors help individuals, families, successful entrepreneurs, business professionals and corporations by providing expert financial advice.

Working with an Advisor

We’re here to help you plan for the expected and the unexpected in your life. From getting married, buying a home, planning for a child’s future to building a business, we can help make it all possible. A BMO Nesbitt Burns Investment Advisor can help you through these important periods of transition.

About Us

BMO Nesbitt Burns Investment Advisors have a long history of supporting the wealth management needs of Canadians, and we are proud of the lasting relationships we have built with Canadian families through the generations.

Through partnerships across BMO Financial Group, BMO Nesbitt Burns Investment Advisors have access to a full spectrum of resources to address the wealth management needs of clients including lending, estate and insurance, wealth planning, business succession and more.  We offer clients a highly personalized service through more than 50 offices coast to coast