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RetiringPARTNERS

Congratulations to our01. BRIAN ALLARD

02. DOUG CAMPBELL

03. RAY DROST

04. FRASER GALL

05. BARBARA KIELEY

06. JEFF MANN

07. GREG McCAULEY

08. DEREK PURCHASE

09. CHARLES-ANTOINE ST-JEAN

10. ANDRÉ VÉZINA

RetiringPartnersof 2017

Brian

ALLARD

What’s your most memorable work experience?

There have been so many. I can’t really put my finger on just one.

Our group focuses on facilitating transactions and there have been a

lot of high profile transactions that we’ve helped facilitate.

What’s your legacy?

I’d like them to think of me as a good practitioner with integrity. I hope I’ve

left a lasting impression on some of the younger people that I’ve worked

with throughout my career.

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Service Line: TASYears at EY: 21.5 years

First title: Vice President (Senior Manager)Last title: Senior Vice President (Partner)

What’s your advice for the next generation?

I would just say always do the right thing. And that has broad meaning. Do the right thing in regards to the people you’re working with, do the right thing in terms of maintaining the image of EY and do the right thing in terms of delivering quality service to our clients. And no shortcuts.

What’s next?

I don’t have an answer for that except that I’m going to take deep breaths and relax for a while and then go from there.

EY is…

a great place to work. It’s a whole bunch of smart people working towards delivering value-added quality service to our clients.

EY is a great place to work. It’s a whole bunch of smart people working towards delivering value-added quality service to our clients.

01


Make time for your people. They really are what the firm is and they need to be developed and mentored and cared for in what can be a pretty challenging business.

Doug

CAMPBELL

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Service Line: AdvisoryYears at EY: 16 years (a boomerang)

First title: Senior consultantLast title: Partner

What’s next?

I love the forest and the wilderness, so every year I do what I like to call ‘my annual therapy event,‘ which is a week or 10 day hike on a trail somewhere. I’ve been fortunate to hike in the Swiss and Austrian Alps to the Sierra Madre of California and all over BC and Washington State. This year, it’s the Camino in France and Spain.

EY is…

a lot of work and a lot of fun. My roots are military, an institution with deep traditions, and EY has a similar tradition of excellence. EY’s thrived in Canada for over 150 years in its various forms and, for me, it was a real privilege to be a part of it and to finish the most active part of my business career with the firm. I loved it.


My favourite project of all time is when, as the project director, I helped create a

new university campus for the University of British Columbia in Kelowna.


I joined Kirsten Tisdale in 2010 to re-establish our consulting practice

in BC. We built it from half a dozen IT Risk Assurance people to a practice of

50 or 60 people, so that’s my legacy – a thriving BC office.


Make time for your people. They really are the firm and they deserve to be developed

and mentored and cared for in what can be a pretty challenging business.

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Ray

DROSTService Line: TAS

Years at EY: 37.5 yearsFirst title at EY: Staff accountant

Last title at EY: Partner

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I would say working in the restructuring group and working on so many varied projects and meeting so many people in and outside of the firm. And the travel. I’ve travelled a lot during my time with the firm. It was fun, and I made lots of friends and learned a lot.


We have a great team in Transaction Real Estate. They do great work. They all work together and play together.


Work hard and have fun. You should work on varied projects, be open to new assignments and opportunities within the firm and make friends within the firm.

What’s next?

Travel and doing some consulting work.

EY is…

a great place to learn, make friends and build a career.

Work hard and have fun. You should work on varied projects, be open to new assignments and opportunities within the firm and make friends within the firm.

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Fraser

GALL

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Be bold. Take on a challenge that you nor anyone else has ever taken on, solve it and become the instant branded specialist.

Service Line: TaxYears at EY: 36 years

First title: Staff accountantLast title: President of EY Electronic Publishing and Partner


All of it. Honestly, I’ve always had the opportunity to take on a lot of problems

and get an opportunity to solve them. Solving problems has been my most memorable work experience. That’s

what I’ve done most of my career.


The last role I had is really globalizing the Canadian firms’ Knotia tax knolwedge

platform. I’ve been rolling it out beyond Canada to the rest of the EY world.


Be bold. Take on a challenge that you nor anyone else has ever taken on, solve it and

become the instant branded specialist.

What’s next?

Whatever I want to do. I think it’s ‘to be determined.’ I’m still interested in doing some things and what those things will be, I don’t know. It won’t be a complete retirement but it won’t be working full time either.

EY is…

a great place to be an entrepreneur without leaving the safety net of the firm. It means you can do a lot of things, it’s all within your control of being bold and taking on challenges, and nobody really says no as long as you’re successful. But you’ve got a lot of people behind you to help make it a success.

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I think, on a professional level, to have played a role in building out our GPS sector in Canada was significant. I’m proud of the team that I have mentored.

Barbara

KIELEY

05

Service Line: AdvisoryYears at EY: 6.5 years

First title: PartnerLast title: Partner


When I joined, we were just building the GPS practice for Canada. There were a few really defining projects that launched the practice.

For me, it was the Nova Scotia Shared Services initiative, which took place over a number

of years and involved people from coast to coast. It was defining because it brought

people together with a common purpose, and we still talk about it today.


On a professional level, to have played a role in building out our GPS sector in Canada was significant. I’m proud of the team that I have

mentored. On a personal level, I’m a proud mom of five kids. My kids have defined me. I’ve never

been all about work. I have a very balanced perspective, and family is a large part of my life.


Find your balance. Know what brings you joy and give back. Have fun. Travel the world and cherish what we have in Canada.

What’s next?

My ambition has always been to return to government, because my background is transformation in government. I’m now the executive lead for Canada’s passport modernization initiative at IRCC (the department that brought 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada). I’ll also be the Chair of the Board for Bruyere Continuing Care.

EY is…

a terrific place to work. Great clients, great people!

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Jeff

MANN

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First title: PartnerLast title: Partner


The most memorable workexperience would be dealing with an

acquisition transaction that Canaccord Genuity made globally. We worked with partners from across Canada,

the US tax team, the UK tax team and a host of others from EY China. We

really saw the global strength of EY.


I think that legacy is more about the clients that we’ve been able to keep in the firm by transitioning great people

into the accounts to pick up the pieces and carry on.


The advice I think I’d give is engage your clients in the billing process and give them the opportunity to review the invoice before you send them the final, which gives you the opportunity to engage in discussion. It’s a stress reliever. If you don’t have stress points, it’s easier to do your job.

What’s next?

More golf, more curling, more skiing. A new grandchild arrives in June, so trips and travelling have been put on hold for a bit.

EY is…

a cool place to finish a long career.

We worked with partners from across Canada, the US tax team, the UK tax team and a host of others from EY China. We really saw the global strength of EY.

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Greg

McCAULEY

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Service Line: AssuranceYears at EY: 34 years

First title: Staff accountantLast title: Office Managing Partner, Waterloo Region


During my role as a senior staff accountant, I accepted a 5 month

secondment to the EY (then known as Arthur Young) office in Perth, Australia

– a fabulous work experience.


My legacy has been leading a wonderful team of professionals in the Waterloo Region

who have been dedicated to building EY’s profile and book of business in the private

client services sector.


Take advantage of the EY environment to explore work that you are passionate about. Along the way, remember that our struggles

determine our successes; and the joy is in climbing the never–ending upward spiral.

What’s next?

I do wish to stay connected and involved in the Waterloo Region business community, which will include volunteer roles in the not-for-profit sector as well. At this stage, I am not exactly sure what this entails – I look forward to exploring potential opportunities.

EY is…

one of those rare and engaging workplaces in which we have the opportunity to team and learn from a broad base of impressive professionals who are all motivated to perform to the best of their abilities.

Take advantage of the EY environment to explore work that you are passionate about.

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Jump! Jump at opportunities that provide you any exposure to different cultures, different practices, and different places.

Derek

PURCHASE

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Service Line: AssuranceYears at EY: 31 yearsFirst title: Staff Senior

Last title: Office Managing Partner, St. John’s


I remember when we developed the global audit methodology, back in the

early 2000s, and my practice specialty area was telecom, and EY had no

telecom, so I worked out of Cleveland and travelled the world to all these

massive companies that we’d just won work with. That was four fabulous

years of helping other EY offices around the globe.


I think my legacy is the people I’ve brought into the firm who are now

leaders in our firm. Of the partners in Atlantic, I’ve hired three or four of them.


Jump! Jump at opportunities that provide you any exposure to different cultures, different practices, and different places. The way you grow as a person, as a professional and as an EY professional, is to know and understand what other countries are doing.

What’s next?

I don’t have anything set in stone yet. I have no agenda and that really excites me.

EY is…

a big family. Everybody is a part of the fabric. We’re a family of strong colleagues who look after each other.

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Charles-Antoine

ST-JEAN

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Service Line: AdvisoryYears at EY: 32 years in total (a boomerang)

First title: Staff accountantLast title: Managing Partner, Government & Public Sector (GPS)

Follow your dreams. Believe in what you do. Remember that

time goes by so fast.


Follow your dreams. Believe in what you do. Remember that time goes by so fast.

What’s next?

Following my retirement, I’ll chair the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB). I’ll also do some international consulting, and a little bit of golf.

EY is…

the greatest platform for young people to do good, to build a career, to have an impact and make friends.


There are so many. When I joined the firm, I remember walking in and just

being a part of it was great. I also remember when I became partner.


On the business side, I want to be remembered as someone who helped

build out a new market segment, Government & Public Sector (GPS).

On the values side, I want to be known for perpetuating the values

of courtesy, generosity and respect for all of our colleagues.

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André

VÉZINA10


First title at EY: ManagerLast title at EY: Office Managing Partner, Québec


Of course, when I became partner. You study and work hard for that. Your life changes from that day. But there were so many great moments. When we gained Premier Tech, it was an audit that we won, that was quite memorable. We worked so hard. I even had to cancel my vacation to make the proposal, but it was really worth it. It’s still one of our largest clients in Québec City.


I would say two things. First, my tax team, and one of my tax colleagues who’s now a partner and she will become OMP when I leave. I think that’s outstanding. Second, I’d say the spirit in the office. We have the best people, and our culture is valued.


You need to have a good balance between your work and your personal life. If you want to be efficient at anything in your life, you need to be well-balanced.

What’s next?

Having a good time. I’ll work on some philanthropic boards. I will travel a lot. My wife is a former EY partner and she’s retired, so we’ll continue to do a lot of travelling together.

EY is…

a great place to work. You’re all very lucky.

You need to have a good balance between your work and your personal life. If you want to be efficient at anything in your life, you need to be well-balanced.

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