CPA Ontario Council Candidates

CPA Ontario members in good standing are encouraged to contribute to the protection of the public and effective governance of the profession in Ontario by running for election to CPA Ontario’s Council. Council plays a critical role for CPAs in Ontario – it helps set the strategy that guides our profession into the future.

The CPA Ontario Council election is your opportunity to have your say on who joins CPA Ontario’s Council. This year, there are four seats up for election.

CPA Ontario’s Council has identified four priority skills, attributes and experiences that it believes will complement its existing skill set and help ensure CPA Ontario delivers on its mandate to protect the public, advance the profession, and ensure CPAs lead business and society forward. These are:

Strategic and Transformational Leadership: Brings experience in planning for change; forward-thinking with respect to industry challenges and technology disruptors; innovative thinker with a track record of executing and operationalizing ideas.

Emerging Technologies: Understands the technological forces reshaping business, education and society, including how AI and other emerging technologies are disrupting business models and working environments. Examples include: experience across educational technology, automation, nanotechnology, cognitive science, robotics, blockchain, big data and/or AI.

Board Experience and Governance: Sits on a corporate or nonprofit board, a tested director who is knowledgeable about governance best practices; has served on a board committee or as an officer of a board or board committee.

Business Acumen: Tested leader who brings an understanding of business situations and financials; successful track record analyzing situations, leading complex organizations and managing teams.

Candidates deemed to have the priority skills, attributes and levels of experience needed to support CPA Ontario and the profession are identified with (*)asterisks(*) next to their names.