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Rod Barr, CPA, FCA
Rod is the past president and CEO of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Ontario (ICAO). In addition to overseeing
this organization’s transition into CPA
Ontario, he oversaw the adoption of the
CPA designation in Ontario and played
a lead role in merger negotiations with
the Ontario CMA and CGA bodies.
Rod previously held a variety of
leadership roles with Deloitte in North
America—among them, the role of
national securities partner, which he
held from 1996 to 2008.
Rod has also been a highly active
leader in the accounting profession. His
innumerable contributions in BC, Ontario,
and nationally include serving on both
the ICABC and ICAO councils, chairing the CICA Board of Examiners and the
Inter-Provincial Education Group, and helping to establish the School of Accounting
and Finance at the University of Waterloo.
In the community, he has given back as a coach of minor hockey and as a trustee of the
Georgian Heights Cottagers Association.
Rod became a CA in Ontario in 1972 and joined the ICABC in 1987. He was elected to
the Ontario Fellowship in 1988. Rod is also the recipient of two Alumni Achievement
awards from the University of Waterloo—the first from the Faculty of Arts in 2007,
and the second from the School of Accounting and Finance in 2014.

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Tara Benham, CPA, FCA
Tara is a partner with Hayes Stewart
Little & Co. (HSL) in Duncan and leader
of the firm’s tax practice.
She became a CA in 1997 while
articling with Ernst & Young in
Victoria, and went on to become a
senior tax manager with KPMG before
joining HSL in 2004.
Highly respected for her tax expertise,
Tara has been a member of the
Canadian Tax Foundation since 1997.
In 2010, she founded a tax forum for
six Canadian firms (including HSL)
that are members of JHI International,
a global network of independent
accounting, business advisory, and
financial consulting firms.
An active member of the ICABC, Tara has contributed to the profession through
service on the Young CA and Taxation forums and the Practice Review & Licensing
Committee. She has also given recruiting presentations to university students on
behalf of the profession.
Highly active in the community as well, Tara currently serves on the board of directors
of the BC Chamber of Commerce, as well as on the Chamber’s finance and governance
committees. She also chairs the finance committee for Queen of Angels School in
Duncan, and is a board director and finance committee member for the Cowichan
District Hospital Foundation.

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