Member Recognition Supplements CA Honourees

ICABC Fellows William (Bill) Cox, CPA, FCA Bill is an audit and assurance partner with BDO Canada’s Vancouver office. Well known for his not-for-profit and public sector expertise, Bill has led the firm’s growing practices in these areas since 2001. Bill became a CA in 1986 while working with Dunwoody & Co., one of BDO’s predecessor firms. He became a partner in 1992. Bill’s considerable contributions to the accounting profession throughout his career include acting as a media contact for CPABC on government finance issues and serving as an external auditor for both the ICABC and CMABC. He previously served on the ICABC Board of Examiners and on the CICA/CIA (Canadian Institute of Actuaries) Joint Task Force. Bill is also a longstanding member of both the Government Finance Officers Association and the Government Organizations Accounting and Auditing Forum, and has served on the Joint Accounting Standards Board/Public Sector Accounting Board Non-Profit Organization Task Force since 2010. In 2014, he was appointed to the Public Sector Accounting Board. A passionate contributor to the community, Bill currently serves on the executive committee of PAL Vancouver, a not-for-profit society that provides low-cost accommodation for retired participants in the arts. He is also a long-time contributor to the Museum of Vancouver, having served on the executive since 2005. 12 CPABC Celebrating Achievement • February 2015 12 ICABC Fellows John Crawford, CPA, FCA John is the senior VP, CFO, and chief risk officer for Pacific Blue Cross and BC Life & Casualty Company. He has overseen the company’s finance, underwriting, and actuarial functions since playing a key role in the creation of Pacific Blue Cross in 1997. John became a CA in Scotland in 1979 and joined the BC Institute in 1982. He has been a steady contributor to the ICABC for more than 25 years, and currently chairs the Discipline Tribunal. Past contributions include serving on Council and on the Audit, Education, and Professional Conduct Enquiry committees. John’s involvement in the Canadian insurance industry is equally substantial. He has served on various committees for the Canadian Health and Insurance Association since 2007, and has served on the board of the Canadian Drug Insurance Pooling Corporation since 2012. He also serves as treasurer of the Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans. Highly active in the community as well, John has served as master tally of the BC Children’s Telethon since 1988, and is currently president of the board of the Burnaby Family Life Institute. He is also a member of Financial Executives International (Vancouver Chapter) and serves as the local contact for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, which has more than 50 members in BC. CPABC Celebrating Achievement • February 2015 13 2015

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