Biography
Jake joined Watson’s Municipal Finance group in 2024 as an Analyst. He works primarily in the areas of municipal finance and development charges.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with joint honours in Business Administration and Economics. He also holds a Master of Arts in Economics from Queen’s University. Throughout his academic career, Jake has completed multiple independent research projects on the topics of finance and macro-economics.
Jake lives in Vaughan, where he enjoys easy access to Toronto’s downtown core as well as nearby farmland that reminds him of his home Province of Nova Scotia.
Expertise
- Development charges
- Development application and user fee studies
- Financial and strategic analysis
- Feasibility/business case studies
- Water and sewer rate studies