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Kudos!
Brent Ashby, CPA, CA, a partner with KPMG
(Kamloops), has been appointed to serve on
the executive committee of the Kamloops
Chamber of Commerce. Brent will serve as
treasurer for 2016-2017.
Bev Briscoe, FCPA, FCA, president of Briscoe Management Ltd.,
and Fiona Macfarlane, CPA (Hon.), BC managing partner and
chief inclusiveness officer at Ernst & Young LLP, were both included
in BC Business magazine’s 2016 list of the 35 most influential women
in British Columbia.
J.S. (Woody) Hayes, FCPA, FCA, was appointed as a Bencher of the
Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) by the Provincial Cabinet,
effective January 1, 2016. Woody replaces Peter Lloyd, FCPA, FCA, as
an appointed Bencher on the Society’s board of governors. Originally
appointed to the board in 2008, Peter is now a Life Bencher of the LSBC.
Woody Hayes
Peter Lloyd
Bruce McLennan, FCPA, FCMA, has been
appointed interim deputy minister of Health
and Social Services for the Government of
Yukon. Bruce is a former deputy minister of
Finance, Education, and Health and Social
services for the Yukon government.
Bev Briscoe
Fiona Macfarlane
At the Surrey Board of Trade’s annual Surrey Women in Business Awards
luncheon, which was held on March 8, 2016, Janice Comeau, CPA,
CA, CFO of LMS Reinforcing Steel Group, was recognized in the
Corporate/Leadership category, and Amanjit Lidder, CPA, CA, a
partner and regional tax leader with MNP LLP (Surrey), was
recognized in the Professional category.
Janice Comeau
Amanjit Lidder
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Carolyn Rogers, CPA, CMA, has won a 2016
PEAK Award from the Association of Women
in Finance. She has been recognized in the
Excellence in the Public Sector category for
her role as CEO and superintendent of the
Financial Institutions Commission. The award
will be presented on May 10 at the PEAK
Awards gala.
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