Graduates from the School of Accounting and Finance programs dominate in the area of accounting education. Each year, SAF graduates demonstrate their expertise in the accounting field by excelling in the CPA Common Final Exam (CFE).
The CFE is the culmination of CPA’s rigorous accreditation process that includes important accounting disciplines such as finance, governance, strategy, and assurance. Additionally, the CFE evaluates professional skills that are in demand within the field such as critical thinking, professional judgement, decision making. The CFE Honour Roll consists of the top one per cent of successful CFE writers.
SAF is extremely proud to celebrate the accomplishments of our Honour Roll candidates and to all of the successful candidates from the school. Qualifying to become a CPA is a very challenging process. We hope the resulting career is rich in rewards and opportunities, and we wish our graduates all the best in their future endeavours!
See a full list of SAF's CFE Honour Roll Alumni Recipients (PDF).
National and Provincial Gold Medal winners
Since the beginning of the School of Accounting and Finance, 16 grads have won the Ontario Gold Medal and 8 have won the National Gold Medal on the common final exam.
Full list of Gold Medal winners:
- 2024: Vivian Tso, MAcc '24, Ontario Gold Medal
- 2023: Rebecca Lee, MAcc '23, Ontario Gold Medal
- 2019: Michael Wong, MAcc '19, National & Ontario Gold Medal
- 2018: Qianyu Lawrence Zhang, MAcc '18, National & Ontario Gold Medal
- 2016:
- Sanly Li, MAcc '16, Ontario Gold Medal
- Matthew Roman, MTax '16, Ontario Gold Medal
- 2014: Akash Kapoor, BAFM '14, National & Ontario Gold Medal
- 2013: Nicholas George Tsai, BMATH '13, National & Ontario Gold Medal
- 2011: Juliana Yuen, MAcc '11, National & Ontario Gold Medal
- 2010: Vicky Au, MAcc '10, National & Ontario Gold Medal
- 2001: Angela Kellett, MAcc '01, National & Ontario Gold Medal
- 2000: Ashish Kapoor, MAcc '00, Ontario Gold Medal
- 1999: Douglas Allison, MAcc '99, Ontario Gold Medal
- 1991:
- Yee W. Rosemary Chiu, MAcc '91, Ontario Gold Medal
- Cindy Veinot, MAcc '91, National & Ontario Gold Medal, Elijah Watt Sells Gold Medal
- 1989: John Gossling, BMATH '89 - Ontario Gold Medal
Hear how they have leveraged their educational background to succeed in the CPA Common Final Exam:
National Gold Medal Winners' Interviews
Rebecca Lee - 2023 Provincial Gold Medal winner
Lawrence Zhang - 2018 National & Ontario Gold Medal winner
George Nicholas Tsai - 2013 National & Ontario Gold Medal winner
Vicky Au - 2010 National & Ontario Gold Medal winner
Michael Wong - 2019 National & Ontario Gold Medal winner
Akash Kapoor - 2014 National & Ontario Gold Medal winner
Juliana Yuen - 2011 National & Ontario Gold Medal winner
SAF Alum on the CFE National Honour Roll
The National CFE Honour Roll recognizes writers whose exam performance demonstrated academic excellence and exceptional abilities.
The Honour Roll is comprised of the top one per cent of first-time writers that wrote all three days of the examination.
2025 CPA CFE Honour Roll
The School of Accounting and Finance congratulates and celebrates an all-female group of MAcc alumni on the 2025 CFE National Honour Roll:
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Emma Catalan (MAcc ’25)
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Michelle Guan (MAcc ’25)
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Irene Hu (MAcc ’25)
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Sarah Qasimi (MAcc ’25)
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Rachel Shen (MAcc ’25)
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Helen Wang (MAcc ’25)
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Rebekah Tong (MAcc ’25)
2024 CPA CFE Honour Roll
Congratulations to the 6 School of Accounting and Finance graduates listed on the Ontario Honour Roll for the CPA Common Final Examination:
- Lillian Chen (MAcc '24)
- Sebastian Furtado (MAcc '24)
- Kyle Marshall (MAcc '24)
- Karanbir Nagi (MAcc '24)
- Stephanie Nguyen (MAcc '24)
- Jordan Ormsbee (MTax '22)