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NOTES & NEWS 2 1 3 4 6 8 1. CPABC Chair Olin Anton, FCPA, FCA, chats with panel members at the luncheon event. 2. It was a full house for the “United CPA: Why it’s good for business” panel discussion, which was moderated by David Crawford, CPA, CMA, VP of the Vancouver Board of Trade, and featured Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson; CPABC President & CEO Richard Rees, FCPA, FCA; Lori Mathison, CPA, CGA, managing partner of Dentons Canada LLP; and Mary Anne Davidson, director of the Vancouver Board of Trade. 3. Andrew Wilkinson announces the establishment of CPABC. 4. Richard Rees, FCPA, FCA, is all smiles on CPABC’s big day. 5. The head table (l to r): Minister Wilkinson; Tyler Chan, an accounting student at the Beedie School of Business and a participant in the Vancouver Board of Trade’s Leaders of Tomorrow program; Ryan Lermitte, CPA, CMA, owner of Umbrella Property Services Ltd. and a member of the Company of Young Professionals Advisory Committee for the Vancouver Board of Trade; Olin Anton, FCPA, FCA; Richard Rees, FCPA, FCA; Mary Anne Davidson; Lori Mathison, CPA, CGA; David Crawford, CPA, CMA; and Craig Hemer, a partner of Boyden global executive search and a director of the Vancouver Board of Trade. 6. Luncheon guests. 7. Andrew Wilkinson (front row, centre) poses for a shot with CPABC’s inaugural board. 8. Olin Anton (left), presents the minister with a CPA plaque on behalf of the CPABC board. 5 7 Photos of the CPABC all-members meeting and CPABC/VBOT luncheon by Tyson Dziedzic for the Vancouver Board of Trade. Photos of the CPABC board with the advanced education minister by Kent Kallberg Studios. For more photos from these events, visit CPABC’s Flickr page at flickr.com/cpabc/sets. CPABC in Focus • Sept/Oct 2015  9