Robert Sutherland

Managing Director, Investment Banking
Head of Real Estate

Robert joined Raymond James in February 2024 as Managing Director, Head of Real Estate on the Investment Banking Team. Robert has over 25 years of real estate experience with the last 12 years comprising of senior positions within the capital markets. Most recently he was a Managing Director in Investment Banking at Laurentian Bank running the real estate group and before that was Head of Real Estate Investment Banking at Echelon Wealth Partners. Prior to investment banking Robert was an equity research analyst, winning the StarMine award for top stock picker in the Canadian REIT sector in 2017 and worked in the global investment and strategy groups of a major pension fund. Robert has a BA (urban and economic geography) from the University of Toronto and attended the Henley Business School at the University of Reading in the MSc (real estate investment and finance) program.