Our team

Blair Pytak, B.Comm

Senior Investment Advisor

Having spent a large part of his career in management roles, Blair has always been drawn to the intersection of wealth and individuals. At Adversity Wealth, Blair draws on his more than 25 years of experience in the industry to help clients understand and achieve their wealth goals.

Blair’s career began in 1999 when he started working on the sales side of the business before doing a tour of duty in branch management. Helping other advisor teams fine-tune and grow their businesses over the years has allowed Blair to combine the best parts of financial planning, customer service and investment management and provide those services to his own clients. Through a series of company acquisitions, Blair joined Macquarie Private Wealth as an Assistant Branch Manager, and the firm was acquired by Richardson Wealth in late 2013. With Richardson’s focus on allowing advisors the freedom to run an entrepreneurial wealth management business that supports their clients’ needs, Blair has continued to enjoy working at Richardson Wealth for more than 10 years.

Blair holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a concentration in Finance from the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business.

Outside of work, Blair enjoys travelling with his wife and daughter, and playing and watching sports.

Harj Takhar

Harj Takhar, MFA-P

Estate And Insurance Advisor

Harj specializes in helping high-net-worth and ultra-high- net-worth families protect and transition their wealth through sophisticated insurance and estate planning strategies.

He embraces the nuances and complexities surrounding intricate organizational structures and leverages his deep expertise in wealth preservation to design tailored insurance solutions. His advisory approach focuses on minimizing tax, optimizing cash flows and integrating business and succession planning. Additionally, Harj helps implement appropriate trust, philanthropic, and estate planning strategies to fulfill family legacy objectives. He strives to provide clients with a sense of financial well-being and confidence in their family’s wealth stewardship.

Prior to joining Richardson Wealth in 2024, Harj spent nearly a decade advising affluent families and business owners on financial, tax, estate, succession, emigration, and cross-border planning in both the public accounting industry and financial services sectors. 

Harj shares our team’s belief in lifelong learning and holds multiple designations – Chartered Professional Account (CPA), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) – and is currently pursuing his US Certified Public Accountant designation with an anticipated completion date of 2026.

Harj lives with his wife and their two children. When time permits, he can be found playing basketball, enjoying live theatre, or trying the newest restaurant in the city.