The Chris Bell Group

About Chris

Chris Bell and his family have lived in the West Kootenay’s for 30 years. Chris has a strong background in business planning and management and worked for several years as a consultant with Columbia Basin Trust’s Basin Business Advocates Program.

Chris is a strong community supporter having completed many volunteer activities spanning 3 decades and served on numerous boards: Community Futures Central Kootenay, Castlegar Sculpture Walk, Castlegar Rotary, Castlegar Chamber of Commerce, Castlegar Golf Club, Kootenay Gallery of Art, Castlegar Foundation, Castlegar Red Cross, Castlegar Sunfest, Castlegar Lion’s Club and the Castlegar Business Exchange.

His spouse Nancy is a mortgage broker who works closely with the community, their daughter Nikki lives in Vancouver where she is completing her master’s degree in clinical counseling.

Chris and Nancy split their time between their homes in Nelson and at Red Mountain – they enjoy golfing, boating, skiing and share a love for travel!

The world is changing quickly and the investment space is increasingly more complex and uncertain. At Optimize, we believe navigating this reality requires more advice and not cookie cutter, plug-and-play tools. Built on time-tested principles of financial planning and wealth management, sound risk management, and long-term patient investing, the Optimize approach focuses on listening to clients, their goals, and their ambitions and understanding how those fit into their personal financial circumstances.

For that reason, Optimize Wealth takes a holistic approach to helping clients build and manage their wealth over the long-term. Towards that end and to provide clients with a personalized approach, Optimize assigns a multi-disciplinary team to meet their needs.