On June 24, 2015, the Chartered Professional Accountants Act came into force, officially unifying the three professional accounting bodies in B.C. to establish the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC), one of the largest professional organizations in the province.
CPABC protects the public interest through rigorous educational and certification programs to uphold the highest professional standards and ethics. It represents over 37,000 CPA members and 5,000 CPA students and candidates.
The role of CPABC’s Board of Directors is to govern the CPA profession in B.C. and develop policy supporting CPABC’s mandate of professional education, regulation, member service, and protection of the public interest.
2019-2020 Board of Directors
Ben Sander, FCPA, FCA, Chair
Sander Rose Bone Grindle LLP, Dawson Creek (term expires 2020)
Geoff Dodds, CPA, CA, 1st Vice-Chair
Buckley Dodds LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2021)
Karen Horcher, FCPA, FCGA, 2nd Vice-Chair
Hedge Rho Management, Vancouver (term expires 2021)
Sheila Nelson, CPA, CA, Treasurer
S.A. Nelson Inc., Armstrong (term expires 2021)
Christopher Burnley, FCPA, FCA, Director
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo (term expires 2020)
Paul Challinor, CPA, CA, Director
Retired Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2020)
Lisa Ethans, FCPA, FCA, Director
Retired Partner, Deloitte LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2021)
Christopher Gimpel, CPA, CA, Director
Deloitte LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2020)
J. Alain LeFebvre, FCPA, FCA, Director
Retired Partner, KPMG LLP, Prince George (term expires 2022)
Josie Lim, CPA, CA, Director
KPMG LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2022)
John Mackenzie, CPA, CA, Director
Odlum Brown Limited, Vancouver (term expires 2021)
Jeanette McPhee, CPA, CA, Director
Law Society of BC, Vancouver (term expires 2022)
Matthew Murray, CPA, CMA, Director
TELUS, Vancouver (term expires 2020)
Stuart Newton, CPA, CA, Director
Office of the Auditor General of BC, Victoria (term expires 2022)
Martha Thomas, CPA, CA, Director
BC Investment Management Corporation, Victoria (term expires 2021)
Emily Thorner, CPA, CA, Director
Vancouver Foundation, Vancouver (term expires 2020)
Peter Tingling, CPA, CGA, Director
SFU Beedie School of Business, Burnaby (term expires 2022)
Public Representatives
Elizabeth Jackson
Bereket Kebede
Grace Wong
Executive Management Committee
Lori Mathison, FCPA, FCGA, LLB
President & CEO
Amy Lam, FCPA, FCA
Executive Vice President, Corporate Services & CFO
James Midgley, FCPA, FCA
Executive Vice President, Regulation & Registrar
Jan Sampson, FCPA, FCA
Executive Vice President, Member & Student Experience