Governance
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 38,000 CPA members and 6,000 CPA 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.
2021-2022 Board of Directors
Karen Horcher, FCPA, FCGA, Chair
Hedge Rho Management, Vancouver (term expires 2022)
Sheila Nelson, CPA, CA, 1st Vice Chair
S.A. Nelson Inc., Armstrong (term expires 2023)
Christopher Gimpel, CPA, CA, 2nd Vice Chair
Deloitte LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2023)
John Mackenzie, CPA, CA, Treasurer
Odlum Brown Limited, Kelowna (term expires 2024)
John Bunting, FCPA, FCA, Director
PwC LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2024)
Craig Elliott, CPA, CGA, Director
Crowe MacKay, Surrey (term expires 2023)
Lisa Ethans, FCPA, FCA, Director
Retired Partner, Deloitte LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2024)
Peter Guo, CPA, CA, Director
MNP LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2024)
Wendy Ham, CPA, CGA, Director
Aboriginal Finance Officers Association – BC, Vancouver (term expires 2024)
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)
Jeanette McPhee, CPA, CA, Director
Law Society of BC, Vancouver (term expires 2022)
Stuart Newton, CPA, CA, Director
Office of the Auditor General of BC, Victoria (term expires 2022)
Alexander (Sandy) Stedman, FCPA, FCA, Director
Schibli Stedman King LLP, Victoria (term expires 2023)
Andrew Sweeney, CPA, CA, Director
PH&N Institutional, RBC Global Asset Management Inc., Vancouver (term expires 2023)
Peter Tingling, CPA, CGA, Director
SFU Beedie School of Business, Burnaby (term expires 2022)
Alicia Williams, CPA, CPA(Arizona), Director
Watson Advisors, Vancouver (term expires 2023)
Public Representative
Bereket Kebede
Mike M.K. Suk
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