Alumni Buzz June 2017

Alumni Receive FCPA Designation: The Highest Honour a Profession Can Bestow

Congratulations to the following School of Accounting and Finance alumni for receiving the Fellow designation in November 2016, the highest designation the CPA offers. The FCPA is granted to members who have rendered exceptional service to the profession or whose achievements in their careers, the community, or in the profession have earned them distinction and brought honour to the profession.

Bruce Chin (MAcc ’99)

Tracy Elop (MAcc ’89)

Dr. Theresa Libby (PhD ’96)

Robert Biron (BA ’90)

Mary Jo Fedy (MAcc ’88)

Tracey Riley (BA ’88)

Manjit Singh (BA ’93)

Pamela Steer (MAcc ’94)

For more information on how to become a Fellow of CPA Ontario or to nominate a peer (submissions due by July 31st, 2017) please visit the CPA Ontario website.

Alumni on the move

Troy Maxwell (MAcc ’89) is now Chief Operating Officer of RBC Capital Markets

Shana Laurie de Hernandez (MAcc ’98) has been appointed to the global board of PwC

John Gallinger (MAcc ’97) became President of Golf Ontario

Rebecca Hudson (MAcc ’00) has become CFO of Terrascend Corporation

Annalisa Barbon (MAcc ’95) has been named CFO and city treasurer of the city of London, ON

Cynthia McIntyre (MAcc ’96) was appointed as Managing Partner, Ernst & Young, Waterloo Region  

Kevin Strain (MAcc ’90) will become Sun Life Financial Executive Vice-President & CFO in Toronto

Lynn Wilson (BMath ‘82) has retired from Ernst & Young

Lisa Violet (BA ’93) has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco

Allan Brett (BA ’91) CFO of Descartes Systems Group – Descartes was recently listed in June 2017 as one of the Top 25 Canadian Software companies

Patrick Leung (MAcc ’92) CFO of Doxim – Doxim was recently listed as one of Top 25 Movers and Shakers

Please forgive us if we have missed any of your milestones – we would be delighted to celebrate it in our next E-Newsletter.