Glenn Ives

Chair at Deloitte & Touche

2016 Math Alumni Achievement Medal Winner

Glenn Ives is the Chair of Deloitte, Canada’s largest professional services firm. Born in England, Glenn attended the University of Waterloo, graduating in 1984 on the Dean’s Honor Roll with a Bachelor of Mathematics honours degree.  Glenn was in the Co-op Chartered Accounting program and was Ontario’s UFE gold medalist in 1984. After seven years in public practice, Glenn spent over a decade as the senior financial officer in two publicly listed mining companies.

Glenn joined Deloitte in 1999 as a partner and audit specialist in the mining and financial institutions sectors.  Glenn was appointed Vice Chair in 2007 and elected Chair in 2010.  Glenn also leads the mining sector for Deloitte in North and South America.  Glenn has served on the global Deloitte Board of Directors since 2010 and chairs the Risk Committee.

Glenn is the incoming Chairman of the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, and is a member of the Queen’s University Smith School of Business Advisory Council, University of Waterloo School of Accounting and Finance Advisory Board and Treasurer of West Vancouver United Church.