MEMBERS IN FOCUS
Kudos!
Gordon Howie, CPA, CA, has been appointed
chief executive officer of Coast Wholesale
Appliances Inc. Gordon previously served as
the company’s chief financial officer.
Stewart Marshall, CPA, CMA, has been
appointed VP, finance with Colligo, a leading
provider of data synchronization solutions for
Microsoft SharePoint. Before joining Colligo,
Stewart was the CFO of InTouch Technology.
Bob Sanghera, CPA, CA, was appointed
managing partner of Smythe Ratcliffe this past
July. Bob joined the firm in 2003 and became a
tax partner in 2009. Sindy Wong, CPA, CA,
also became a partner with the firm in July.
Sindy first joined the firm as a tax manager in
2009, after three years in industry. Paul
Woodhouse, CPA, CA, CBV, recently joined
the Vancouver office of Smythe Ratcliffe
Advisory Services as director of valuation
services. Paul has over 25 years of experience
as a financial advisory consultant. Brendan le
Nobel, CPA, CA, and William Tam, CPA,
CA, also recently joined the Vancouver office
of Smythe Ratcliffe. Both are senior associates,
currently working toward completing the
chartered business valuator designation.
Bob Sanghera
Sindy Wong
Mark Mawhinney, CPA, CMA, of Odlum
Brown Limited, Victoria, has joined the board
of directors of Tourism Victoria. Mark is also a
director on the Greater Victoria Chamber of
Commerce board.
Paul Woodhouse
Brendan le Nobel
William Tam
In Memoriam
We wish to send our condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Robert (Bob) Earl Jamison, CPA, FCA, who
passed away on June 24, 2015, in Ottawa after a battle with cancer. He was 78 years old.
Bob’s successful accounting career began in his native Ottawa, where he articled with George A. Welch and Co. and
became a CA. After relocating with his family to Vancouver in 1966, he soon received an offer to open a branch of Rose
Gale and Co. in Prince George. He later moved back to Vancouver with the firm, which evolved into Manning Jamison
(now Manning Elliott).
Bob was elected to the ICABC Fellowship in 1993. He volunteered extensively in the accounting profession, and served
as Council president in 1993-1994. He also served for many years on the board of the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa. After
retiring from public practice in 1996, Bob moved back to Ottawa where he enjoyed the wild birds that visited his home
every summer.
Celebrations of his life were held in both Ottawa and North Vancouver in early July.
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Bob Jamison