Brian earned his BA in Economics in 1975 from the University of Waterloo. In 1981 he earned his CA designation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (ICAO).

Brian has been instrumental in identifying, planning and implementing many improvements to the CA education system in Ontario. As a CA student, he spent from 1978 to 1984 at Campbell Sharp (now Grant Thornton LLP), where he wore three hats -- Audit Manager, Manager of Human Resources and Manager of the UFE Prep Program.

Brian joined the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (ICAO) in 1984 as their Assistant Director of Education. In 1988, he became their Director of the School of Accountancy (Professional Program), and in 1990, their Director of Education (Operations). Brian became the organization’s Director of Education in 1996, and General Director of Learning in 1999. In 2002, he assumed the role of Vice President of Learning. In June of 2006, Brian was elected to Fellowship and can now add FCA to his credentials.

In addition to his valuable contributions to the CA education system, Brian has made significant contributions to the community. In June 2000, he joined the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Ontario. In 2001, he was elected their First Vice President, and in 2002, he was elected their President. Brian also serves as convener and coach in the intermediate division of the Vaughan Girl’s Hockey Association.

Brian’s hobbies include music (former lead guitar player in a rock band) and hockey. He also enjoys spending time with his wife, also a Waterloo graduate, and three daughters.

A native of Kitchener, Ken graduated from the University of Waterloo’s School of Accountancy in 1989 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts (Chartered Accountancy Studies). In 1989, he earned his Master of Accountancy in the taxation concentration. Throughout his six work terms and after graduation, Ken worked for KPMG in London, Ontario. In October of 1989, he married a fellow UW Accounting graduate, and in June of 1990, he and his wife moved to Palo Alto, California, where he entered a PhD program at Stanford University.

While at Stanford, Ken received the ICAO Doctoral Fellowship, along with various other scholarships. He graduated from Stanford with a Master of Science (Statistics) in 1993, and a PhD in 1995. After graduation, he returned to the University of Waterloo as an Assistant Professor in July, 1994. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1999, and honoured with the Deloitte Professor in Taxation position beginning in 2001. Ken was elected a Fellow of the ICAO in 2003.

In 2006, Ken moved to join the J.M. Tull School of Accounting at the University of Georgia. In 2008, Ken returned to the University of Waterloo as a professor and Robert Harding Research Leadership Fellow. Ken spends his professional life divided among contributing to the tax research community in North America, and instructing tax courses.

Outside of work, Ken loves to spend time with his wife and two children. He also volunteers at his church in various roles. His current hobby is renovation. In 2003, he purchased a run-down cottage, which he and his friends enjoyed fixing up.

Carrie Boutcher was born and raised in Barrie, Ontario. She earned her BA (Co-op Accounting) from the University of Waterloo and earned her Masters of Accounting in 1992. Carrie spent three of her co-op placements at Powell Jones, a small public accounting firm in Barrie. For the remaining co-op terms, she worked for Coopers & Lybrand in Kitchener. After graduating, she continued to work for Coopers & Lybrand in their Audit department.

Carrie earned her CA designation in 1992 and began working for Howden Fan in Cambridge in 1995 as their Controller. She was also married that year and she and her husband settled in Waterloo.

In 1996, Carrie moved to Linamar Corporation, a publicly traded company, and became their Senior Corporate Accountant. In 1998, she assumed the role of Corporate Accounting Manager, and in 2002, of Director, Corporate Finance. In this role, she was responsible for all financial consolidations, internal and external reporting, tax planning, internal controls, and other controllership functions. The year 2006 brought about a career change, and Carrie moved to Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund as Vice President- Finance and most recently as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Carrie also assisted with the WATcase competitions in the School of Accountancy in 2003, 2004 and 2007.

Carrie and her husband have two children – Sarah and Eric. Her interests include travel, camping, outdoor family activities - including time with the family pony Squirt and dog Duggan - reading, and spending time with her family.

Mike graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1969 with a BA. in Honours Economics. He earned his CA designation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1972, and received his FCA designation in 1985.

Upon completing his BA, Mike joined Price Waterhouse in Toronto in 1969. He did an international exchange in London, England in 1976 and 1978, and became an Audit Partner in 1982. From 1984 – 1990, Mike served as Chairman of National Continuing Education. He also developed and managed the Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) practice in Cuba in 1995, until his retirement in 2006. He received his ICD.D designation in 2007 and sits on the Board of two public companies.

Mike has been involved in many community activities over the years. He was the founding president of the Accounting Alumni Association at the University of Waterloo, the founding president of National Alumni Council, and a past chair of UW's Board of Govenors. Mike is currently a very active member of the Capital Campaign Committee of the School of Accounting and Finance. Mike has chaired several educational committees at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (ICAO). He also has chaired boards at the Donwood Institute, and the Michener Institute of Applied Health Sciences. He was a founding member of Board of Trustees Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

A University of Waterloo graduate, Janice earned her CMA designation in1991, her CA designation in 1992, and her CPA in 2003.

Janice began working for Ernst & Young in 1990 in small business practice, dealing with entrepreneurial clients and small public companies. She was also married during that year. In 1994, she moved into Ernst & Young’s financial services practice as Large Corporations Manager, where she worked with life insurance, property casualty insurance, mutual funds, segregated funds, small trust companies, and various not-for-profit enterprises.

In1997, Janice was promoted to senior manager with Ernst & Young. In 1998, her first son Michael was born. Janice worked through the demutualization and initial public offering of a large insurance company in 2000, the same year that her second son Jonathon was born. In 2003, she was promoted to partner in Ernst & Young.

Janice is actively involved in teaching courses, including the CLHIA Insurance Course. In her spare time, she enjoys golf, cooking (member of monthly gourmet group), baseball, the symphony, travel, and watching her sons grow.

A native of the Kitchener-Waterloo area, Andy Bauer is a graduate of the University of Waterloo’s School of Accountancy - BA in 2002 and MAcc 2003. Andy passed the UFE in 2003 and obtained his CA in 2005. From 2003-2006 Andy was employed by Ernst & Young in Kitchener and in the fall of 2006 he returned to UW to begin doctoral studies.

During his final year at UW, Andy was involved in developing the School of Accountancy’s Alumni Pledge program. He is also an active member of the organizing group for the Timmy Rose Memorial Golf Tournament.

Andy is an accomplished rugby player. During his undergrad at UW, he was a member of the Warriors Men’s rugby team. He is a four-time OUA academic all-star, two-time OUA all-star, and the 2002 OUA Most Valuable Player. Since graduating, Andy has continued his rugby career, playing locally for club team Waterloo County and for the Niagara Thunder, one of 14 teams in the Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL). Andy is also very involved in developing and coaching the game of rugby. He coached boys and girls high school rugby for seven years, and has been an assistant coach with the UW women’s rugby program.

Native to Kitchener-Waterloo, Tim attended the University of Waterloo not only for its close proximity to family and friends, but also for its outstanding and highly regarded accounting program. He successfully obtained an Honours Bachelor of Arts, Chartered Accountancy Studies, and a Masters of Accounting. Tim’s education led to his successful completion of the UFE in 2003.

While at the University of Waterloo, Tim’s other main passion was rugby. He played for the men's varsity team for the five years that he attended the university. During that time, he was an Academic All-Canadian, Ontario University Athletics (OUA) All-star, co-captain, and was named the Trillium Award winner as the best all-around rugby athlete in the OUA.

From 2003 to 2006, Tim worked for Ernst & Young LLP in Kitchener in both their audit and tax practices, obtaining his CA in 2005. However, ties to Waterloo and the accounting program kept calling him back. Tim has stayed on as an assistant coach with the UW Women's varsity rugby team. He was part of a team that started the School of Accountancy alumni pledge program and has been involved with the annual Ernst & Young sponsored MAcc and Diploma student retreat.

2006 marked some big changes in Tim's life. He married fellow UW Engineering grad Elaine in July and the pull to UW was so strong that he began his doctoral studies here in September. He hopes to graduate with a PhD in accounting in 2010 and pursue a career in Academia.

Lynn Wilson is a champion of the development of leadership in others. A twenty-five year member of Ernst & Young, she is an important part of the People Team leadership group in Canada. Her vision is to create an environment where personal growth and organizational effectiveness can flourish together. Lynn’s areas of focus are inclusiveness, coaching and keeping a finger on the pulse of the Firm via surveys and follow-up interventions.

Lynn is doing exactly what she wants to do at Ernst & Young and loving it. She has combined three internal career paths to get to where she is and uses them to provide complementary perspectives to her work. Lynn has been an advisor to high-tech and entrepreneurial clients, a development consultant focused on cultural change and a consultant on learning and leadership. Lynn was an Ernst & Young Chairman's Values award nominee in 2008.

Lynn has chosen her personal development path in accordance with her career goals. She has a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo, a Chartered Accountant designation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and while working at Ernst & Young, she earned a Masters of Adult Education degree from the University of Toronto. For many years, Lynn has found her way back to the Waterloo campus. She’s been a guest speaker for a program in complex problem-solving and creativity for accountants. As well, Lynn leads an annual welcome and kick-off experience for the MAcc and Diploma students and faculty.

Known for her facilitation and teambuilding skills, Lynn uses these skills both outside Ernst & Young and within. She facilitates groups who want to get better at organizational effectiveness, most recently helping them deal with inclusiveness themselves. Her volunteer activities have included the “Insulin Pumpers” of Hamilton; New Experiences for Refugee Women; Humber Business College Advisor; Performers for Literacy and Friends of Bark Lake Leadership Centre.

Lynn loves to learn as much as she loves to teach.  She and her husband Doug have found their two boys, Blake and Brock, some of the best teachers of all.  As the boys grow into their teens they are becoming accomplished hockey players, ‘hauling’ their parents all over North America to one tournament or another – maybe even playing for the Olympic gold medal someday!

Chuck entered the Math Co-op program as a Descartes scholar in 1977. He graduated in 1982, having served as a Don in both Village 1 and what is now Ron Eydt Village.  His fondest memories are of captaining the Math floor hockey team to a championship over the Old Timers, and then playing for that team until 1990.

Subsequent to graduation, Chuck met his wife , Lore, then a Math Co-op CA student. Chuck and Lore live in Gormley with their four boys [one is attending the university of Waterloo in Pure Math]. All the boys have been partially educated in France through the CEEF Exchange Program. The family travels extensively in Europe and North America and has recently returned from two sojourns of volunteering at an African orphanage.

Chuck obtained his CA designation in 1983 and became a tax partner in KPMG in 1991. Chuck delivers corporate taxes services to Canadian private and public companies with diverse tax issues stemming from corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, financings, restructurings and international tax.  He has authored numerous papers and articles and is a frequent speaker on taxation issues relating to the Internet, having addressed the Canadian Tax Foundation's National Conference,  the World Tax Conference, the International Fiscal Association, the Osgoode Law School Continuing Education Program, and the European Bankers Conference.

Kevin D. Strain is Senior Vice-President, Individual Insurance and Investments for Sun Life Financial Canada.

Kevin was appointed to this role in July 2007, and oversees the manufacture and distribution of insurance and wealth management products and solutions for Individual Insurance and Investments.

Prior to assuming this role, Kevin was Vice-President, Investor Relations for Sun Life Financial. He previously served as Vice-President, Individual Finance for Sun Life Financial Canada, and Vice-President, Pensions and Group Savings for Clarica, prior to its integration with Sun Life. He has also held finance positions at London Life and Ernst & Young.

Kevin holds a Masters degree in Accounting from the University of Waterloo and is a Chartered Accountant.

Upon earning his MAcc degree, Hurb began a career in the financial services industry in Toronto. He remains in that industry, where today he is a Senior Vice President in Information Technology & Solutions at The Bank of Nova Scotia. He has held a variety of roles in both the Bank’s finance and its technology functions.

Outside of banking Hurb is drawn to mental health and education causes. He is a former member of the Board of Houselink Community Homes (provider of permanent, affordable supportive housing for psychiatric survivors). From 2002 to 2008 Hurb was a Governor of the Board of Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, where he was also Chair of the Audit Committee. In 2008 he established the Montego Bay Achievers Scholarship, providing entrance scholarships to mature students entering Humber College from Toronto’s at risk neighbourhoods.

Hurb is a serious fan of the Toronto Raptors whose games he frequents with his 15 year old son, who, regrettably, is a fan of a different NBA team.

Born in Los Angeles, Bill Scott grew up in Ottawa. He attended Carleton University, where he won the Commerce Medal in 1953. He then worked for McDonald, Currie & Co. (now Coopers & Lybrand), where he obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1956, following which he worked as accountant, later treasurer, for an Ottawa construction company. During this period, he taught part-time at Carleton, and joined its faculty full-time in 1961. In 1966 he enrolled in the School of Business of the University of Chicago, receiving his MBA and Ph.D.

Bill returned to the faculty at Carleton, and moved to the School of Business of Queen’s University in 1970, where he taught until 1983. In 1983, he joined the faculty of the School of Accounting and Finance of the University of Waterloo, from which he retired in 1995. Upon retiring, he was awarded the honour of Distinguished Professor Emeritus by the University.

Bill has published research articles in the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Accounting Literature, Contemporary Accounting Research, and several other journals and books. He is the author of Financial Accounting Theory, a textbook published by Pearson Education, Canada, currently in its 5th edition. Chinese and Japanese translations of this text have also been published. His honours and awards include the CAAA Haim Falk prize for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought in 1968, Fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1985, and the L.S. Rosen Outstanding Educator award of the CAAA in 2005. He was the Clarkson, Gordon Professor of Accounting at Queen’s from 1983-1986, and held the Ontario Chartered Accountants' Chair in Accounting at Waterloo from 1991- 1996.

Since retiring, Bill has maintained his textbook, and teaches part-time at Queen’s where he is currently an adjunct professor in the School of Business. He is a member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Canadian AcSB, and of the AcSB’s Conceptual Framework Discussion Group.

Bill and his wife Mary Ann raised 5 children. They reside in Perth, Ontario. Bill has served for several years on the Board of Directors of Community and Primary Health Care, a non-profit agency delivering a variety of health-related services to the Brockville and Perth areas. He is currently Treasurer of this agency.

Janet Denys-Ainslie graduated from the University of Waterloo’s School of Accounting and Finance, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree followed by a Master of Accounting in 1991.  She went on to obtain her Chartered Accountant and Certified Management Accountant designations in 1992.

Janet was born and raised in Chatham, Ontario.  She moved to Toronto for her co-op work terms, working first at the Office of the Provincial Auditor, and then at Coopers and Lybrand Chartered Accountants.  After obtaining her professional designations, she moved to the automotive industry, working for PaintPlas Inc., a mid-sized parts supplier located in Ajax, Ontario.  Janet was the Senior Finance Officer for nine years, helping grow the business from $10 Million to $50 Million in annual sales.

In 2002, Janet moved to the education sector, assuming the position of Controller at The Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, a not-for-profit organization, working primarily with the school’s Foundation.  She has since moved into the position of Assistant Head, Finance and Facilities.

Janet’s interest lies in helping small businesses develop financial and operational excellence.  Her education, coupled with practical experience, have given her the skills to manage the finances and facilities of the school, and to be a key part of the management team for an institution which has for over 140 years played a leading role in innovative learning programs for girls.

The Bishop Strachan School believes in “life-long learning” and that “girls can do anything”.  BSS strives to give girls the tools they need to realize their dreams.  Janet has found her position with the school inspiring, and well suited to her busy life outside of work.  Her greatest joy comes from spending time with her three young children and helping them learn and grow.

While at the University of Waterloo, Janet was very active in the Accounting Student’s Association, and has continued in her love for community and volunteer work.  Her family is very engaged in their community in Scarborough, where her husband, Paul Ainslie, is a City Councillor.

I am delighted to present the second annual School of Accounting and Finance Young Alumni Award to Shikha Gandhi.

Shikha is a senior manager at Deloitte working for the firm’s Global IFRS and Offering Services.  Her career began when she started at Deloitte as a second year student on a co-op work-term. After graduating with her MAcc in 2004, Shikha joined Deloitte as her full-time career. She began in the firm’s technology and telecommunications group, but soon after accepted a six month secondment to Deloitte’s offices in Australia where she worked on wineries and shipping companies. Today Shikha spends her time helping companies transition their Canadian GAAP financial statements to new bases of accounting as well as helping companies resolve a wide range of complex accounting issues. 

Fortunately for us, Shikha remains a strong supporter to the School. She is the vice president of the Accounting and Finance Alumni Association. She is an honouree and regularly participates in the fellowship interviews, and was a key volunteer for the grand opening of the new building. In fact, she put her orientation leadership skills to use that day as she led everyone in an enthusiastic Waterloo cheer!  She is an advocate of co-op education, and has also taught an introduction to business in North America course for a semester at the School.  Recently she served as a technical reviewer for two intermediate accounting textbooks which should be coming out this January.

When asked for Shikha’s advice on how to succeed she says “the only person who can take your career places is you.  Take the initiative and ask for the opportunity to work on something challenging or different. If you take your career where you want it to go, you just might find yourself with new responsibilities or experiencing a six month work term in Australia, like I did.”

We are proud of you Shikha, congratulations on receiving this very special honour.

Brenda completed her Honours Bachelor of Arts degree (in Chartered Accountancy Studies with a math minor) in 1986 and her Masters of Accounting with tax specialization degree in 1987, both at the University of Waterloo. Upon graduation, Brenda successfully completed the Uniform Final Examination (UFE) and Brenda received the Management Accounting Student of Merit Award from the University. After graduation, Brenda returned to Deloitte & Touche, Toronto where she had been employed as a student. She worked in the tax area focusing on personal tax and ultimately on cross-border personal tax consulting and compliance.  She completed the CICA Tax In-Depth program in 1989. Brenda also explored her love of teaching and taught management accounting courses at the University of Waterloo, tax courses at the University of Toronto Erindale campus, UFE prep courses, tax courses for the University of Toronto and tax courses at the ICAO summer school.

In 1992 Brenda enjoyed a three month assignment with Deloitte & Touche in Brussels, Belgium and then extended that to a three year assignment in that same office. During that time she and her husband, Don Brazier, also a 1987 U of W Masters of Accounting graduate, exploited their childless status and spent most of their weekends and vacations travelling and skiing throughout Europe and visited fascinating places beyond Europe such as Egypt and Turkey.

From 1999 to 2008 Brenda left public practice and enjoyed a series of roles at Nortel Networks corporate headquarters.  Her roles included building on her experiences at Deloitte by co-leading Nortel’s Global Mobility department. In that role her responsibilities encompassed policy development, process management and vendor relationships as they related to Nortel’s globally mobile workforce. Her last role at Nortel was as Leader, Global Employee Tax Initiatives, back in a more traditional tax position. In this role her responsibilities included personal tax support for Nortel’s Global Mobility, Executive & Equity Compensation and Compensation and Benefits groups.

Brenda has recently ‘returned to the mother ship’ at Deloitte & Touche as an Associate Partner in their Global Wealth & Employer Services group where she has responsibility for assisting global clients with their cross border personal tax issues. She plans to be actively involved in recruiting even more University of Waterloo graduates to join Deloitte.

Brenda is a strong supporter of work life balance and maintains that living in Richmond Hill with her husband Don and her two brilliant and beautiful daughters, Jessie and Samantha.

Pam graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1987 with a BA in Economics (Management Studies Minor) and received her CMA designation in 1992 while working as a Financial Analyst at CUC Broadcasting Limited in Toronto.

Since graduating from UW, Pam has held progressive positions within private and public companies across various sectors in industry: mining, telecommunications, remote-sensing and, most recently, bio-technology. These positions have taken her from Toronto to the UK and, lastly, to Vancouver, where she currently resides with her husband, Ed, and two children, Tess and Jackson.

Pam is also an active board member of the Queen Elizabeth After School Daycare Society and currently holds the position of President. She has also volunteered her time for the Society of Management Accountants of BC as a guest speaker on the topic “Performance Measurement Systems in a Growing Company”.