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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.
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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.
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