Alumni Buzz - September 2015

Investment Research Challenge

2015 IRC judges
Thank you to our alumni and friends for judging the 2015 Investment Research Challenge!

  • Feidhlim Boyle - Principal, Stacey Muirhead Capital Management
  • David Brattan - Consultant, Infrastructure Development
  • Terry Haines - Director of Treasury, Linamar Corporation
  • Pawel Rajszel - Head of Research, Veritas Investment Research Corporation
  • Chaoran Wang - Financial Analyst, Economical Insurance
  • Michael Williams - Portfolio Manager at Independent Accountants' Investment Counsel Inc.

University of Waterloo Accounting Conference

Thank you to our alumni volunteers who helped execute the 2015 University of Waterloo Accounting Conference (UWAC): Christine Chong, Daivik Doshi, Vitushan Jeyakumaran, Angela Li, Justin Ongaro and Henry Shew.

As well, we'd like to extend a special thank you to Christine Ngo for being a semi-finals case judge, and to our alumni keynote speakers: Steve Baker, CEO and President of Union Gas, and Manjit Singh, Executive Vice President, Finance, TD Bank Group and Chief Financial Officer TD Bank

Alumni on the move

Keith Farlinger (BMath ’77) has been appointed CEO, Americas for BDO International.

David Ha (MAcc ’09) is now a Lecturer, Managerial Accounting at UWaterloo.

Michael Hoehn (BA ’91) was appointed to the Board of Directors of Intermap Technologies Corporation.

Tracy Mann (MAcc ’94) of Economical Insurance will be appointed Interim Chief Compliance Officer.

Sahezad Pardhan (MAcc ’04) was named Global Chief Financial Officer of Manulife Asset Management Private Markets.

Taranjit (“TJ”) Sekhon (MAcc95) became Director of Duff & Phelps at their Toronto office.

Manjit Singh (BA ’93) has become Executive Vice President, Finance, TD Bank Group and Chief Financial Officer, TD Bank.

Scott Warrener (BAFM 12) is with Fidelity Clearing Corporation as a Trader.

Alumni in the news

Bonnie Foley-Wong (MAcc ’97) - A Leader in Impact Investing

Tim Jackson (BA '92) - Impact investing is Tim Jackson’s passion

Joe Lee (MAcc ’98) - Leaving Uber in the Dust in China

Jennifer Nashmi (BA '91) - Meet the 2015 W100

Mira Sirotic (BA ’97) - Honored as an Expert in Marketing and Business Development