Notes & News
Sponsorships & Events
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n May and June 2015, CPABC sponsored or attended a number of industry events to promote the CPA designation. These included Business in
Vancouver’s CFO of the Year Awards (see below), Douglas Magazine’s Top 10 to Watch, the BC Chamber of Commerce Conference, the Government
Finance Officers Association of BC’s Annual Conference (see page 8), and the Business and Tourism Educators Articulation Conference.
To promote the profession at the post-secondary level, CPABC sponsored or attended a variety of events on and off campus, including the 21st
Annual Aboriginal Career Fair with Okanagan College and UBC Okanagan, the ACE/CACEE Conference in Kelowna, the UBC DAP Casino Night,
and the SFU BASS Student Awards Gala.
Other CPABC-related events included the latest instalment of CPABC’s Breakfast with the PROs speaker series, which featured Kristine Thody, a
career coach with the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business, who explained how prospective CPA students could drive traffic to
their LinkedIn profiles. In addition, Lunch & Learn events were held with Anthem Properties, the Ministry of Finance, and Mann, Moulson & Co.
Upcoming events include the annual public practice recruitment event, the fall recruit (mid-size firms on September 8; national firms on
September 9), and the CPABC Pacific Summit (aka the fall leadership conference) in Kelowna (September 23-25).
For more information on CPABC’s sponsorships and events, visit the News, Events & Publications section of bccpa.ca.
BIV’s 2015 BC CFO Awards
CPABC was the presenting sponsor of Business in Vancouver’s 2015 BC CFO Awards, which were celebrated on June 2 at the Fairmont Waterfront
Hotel. Our congratulations to the six CPABC members who were recognized this year in the following categories:
• Large private company: Gordon Howie, CPA, CA – CFO, Coast Wholesale Appliances Inc.
• Large public company: Errol Olsen, CPA, CA – CFO, Absolute Software Corporation
• Non-profit: Joan Hill, CPA, CA – Director of finance, facilities & IT, Canuck Place Children’s Hospice
• ublicly accountable: Glenn McCoy, CPA, CGA – Senior VP of finance and CFO, Vancouver Airport Authority
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• mall public company: Issa Nakhleh, CPA, CGA – CFO, UrtheCast Corp.
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• Transformation agent: Neil McInnes, CPA, CGA – Director of finance, Lil’wat First Nation
During the gala, each honouree shared
leadership advice with Vancouver’s business
community.
“As CFO, be willing to make the hard decisions—that’s what you’re being paid for,” said
Glenn McCoy, who also shared the regular
reminder he gives to his management team:
“Always be pushing yourselves. Don’t rest on
your laurels. Consistently be proving your
value.”
For more leadership advice from this year’s
award recipients, visit blog.bccpa.ca and
search for “CFO awards.”
BIV’s CFO Award Winners for 2015 (l to r): Errol Olsen, CPA,