Why Become a CEA
If you are not a CEA Member have you ever wondered why you should become a Certified Executor Advisor?
The CEA designation is designed to provide applicants with broad, practical knowledge in all of the 17 disciplines required to advise an executor / executrix. This knowledge empowers you to engage with executors; the most trusted and influential people in their testator parents’ lives and those with vested moral and legal responsibility for successful estate settlement.
Depending on your profession, you’ll want to engage executors prior to the death of their testators or at death, but either way you’ll need to be recognizable to the executor as the professional who can help them. The Certified Executor Advisor (CEA) designation makes it clear.
The CEA is a great complement to many professional designations such as LLB or JD, CPA, or CFP, as it demonstrates specialized knowledge in this specific field. The national Find A CEA directory ensures you’re visible to executors and the 16 other CEA professions. With 17 professions in 13 jurisdictions, the Certified Executor Advisor Network (CEAN) will evolve into the largest professional networking organization in Canada. The amazing convergence of events makes this the opportunity of a lifetime.

