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 35,000 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.
Five new Board members were elected at the June 28, 2017 Annual General Meeting.
2017-2018 Board of Directors
Heather Banham, FCPA, FCGA, Chair
Okanagan College, Kelowna (term expires 2018)
Barry Macdonald, FCPA, FCA, 1st Vice-Chair
Corporate Director, Vancouver (term expires 2019)
Ben Sander, FCPA, FCA, 2nd Vice-Chair
Sander Rose Bone Grindle LLP, Dawson Creek (term expires 2019)
Geoffrey Dodds, CPA, CA, Treasurer
Buckley Dodds Parker LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2019)
Lindalee Brougham, FCPA, FCA, CGA, Director
Grant Thornton LLP, Victoria (term expires 2018)
Christopher Burnley, FCPA, FCA, Director
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo (term expires 2020)
Paul Challinor, CPA, CA, Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2020)
Stanley Chang, CPA, CGA, Director
Financial Institutions Commission, Vancouver (term expires 2019)
Christopher Gimpel, CPA, CA, Director
Deloitte LLP, Vancouver (term expires 2020)
Diane Kerley, FCPA, FCMA, Director
Mason Group, Vancouver (term expires 2018)
Douglas Lang, CPA, CGA, Director
Independent Consultant for Local Government, Campbell River (term expires 2018)
Sheila Nelson, CPA, CA, Director
Retired from Public Practice, Prince George (term expires 2018)
Matthew Murray, CPA, CMA, Director
Telus, Vancouver (term expires 2020)
Gavin Still, CPA, CGA, Director
MNP LLP, Fort St. John (term expires 2019)
Emily Thorner, CPA, CA, Director
Vancouver Foundation, Vancouver (term expires 2020)
Public Representatives
Elizabeth Jackson
Roland Krueger
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