Neepawa RBC welcomes new branch manager
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- Published on Friday, October 30, 2015
Photo by Kira Paterson. Kerri MacPherson took over as RBC Neepawa’s branch manager on Oct. 19.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
There is a new branch manager at the Neepawa RBC. Kerri MacPherson took over management in town on Monday, Oct. 19.
She and her husband Dave and five-year-old son have just moved into Neepawa this past weekend. They recently purchased a home in town and are working on moving in and getting settled.
MacPherson was born and raised in Winnipeg. She went to the University of Winnipeg and got a Bachelor of Arts in politics and history. Over the past few years, she and her family have moved around to different parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
She has been working with RBC for two years and before that, she worked with another financial institution for eight years. “[I] had experiences as a banking advisor, a manager of client care and more recently, as a branch manager,” she said. Her education in finance was all through the banks themselves. “There are a number of learning courses available when you start with a bank,” she explained, “A number of the financial courses that are relative to your role are supported through the bank.”
MacPherson had a really good first impression of Neepawa, so she was glad of the opportunity to work here. “With my time with the other financial institution, I got to know Neepawa a little bit,” she said. “[This position] was an opportunity for me to move here with our family that just suited perfectly. I love that it’s a growing community, there’s all the amenities we could possibly need and the community is so friendly, so we’re really excited.”
She plans to become very involved in Neepawa. “I already will be attending Rotary meetings and hope to join the Chamber of Commerce right away,” she said.
MacPherson was a part of Rotary in Portage la Prairie and had been a part of the Chamber of Commerce in Saskatchewan, so she said the transition wouldn’t be difficult. She also just signed her son up for hockey, so she expects to be at the rink a lot this season. “[Community involvement is] going to be really important, especially getting to know the community,” she said.
