|
|
Feature Story: Your 2006/2007 Council: New and Familiar Faces
Beyond Numbers · September 2006 Editor: As you may remember, an influx of members joined the Institute’s Council last year, prompting us to break with tradition and profile each Council member in the August 2005 issue of Beyond Numbers. This year, two more members—John Crawford, CA, and James Topham, CA—joined Council, as existing members Amed Naqvi, FCA (immediate past president), and Dan Little, CA, CFE, stepped down to focus on other commitments. Crawford and Topham are profiled below, as are your two VPs for 2006/07.
 First VP: John Larsen, CA
John became an incorporated partner with the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in March 2003, and is currently a senior partner in the assurance practice in Vancouver, with special expertise in the forest industry. A partner with the Vancouver office since 1976, his many contributions to the firm include serving as leader of the BC forestry practice and as a partner in the firm’s audit & business advisory department.
In addition to teaching professional development in-house, he has also served as a lecturer for the faculty of commerce at the University of BC and for Advanced Management Seminars of New York.
John was elected to Council in 2003 and appointed third vice-president the following year. He has served on the Discipline Tribunal since 1998 and on the Audit Committee since 2003 (including a 2005/06 term as chair). In addition, he was a member of the ICABC’s Standards Appeal Board for 18 years and served on the CICA’s study group on Environmental Costs & Liabilities in 1993.
Past volunteerism in the community includes serving as a director of the BC Cancer Foundation for 12 years, including three as president; a trustee of the Cancer Control Agency of BC; a member of the United Way of Greater Vancouver’s Corporate Leadership Committee; and a leader of the Boy Scouts of America.
John became a CA in BC in 1970. Since 1989, he has been named a panel auditor of the Investment Dealers Association.
 Second VP: Doug Murphy, CA
Doug joined the ICABC Council in 2000 and served on the Executive Committee and as treasurer for the past three years. In 2005, he became third VP. In addition to serving on Council, he has served the Institute as a member of the Standards Review Committee, the Practice Review & Licensing Committee, and the Board of Governors for the School of Chartered Accountancy.
In October 2005, Doug retired from KPMG LLP. He served as office managing partner for the New Westminster and Surrey offices for 13 years, was a member of KPMG's board of directors for six years, and was a partner in charge of assurance for Greater Vancouver for two years.
In the community, Doug has contributed to Queens Park Hospital, serving as a member and chair of the finance committee of the Hospital’s board of directors, and as a member of the board of directors of the Hospital Foundation.
Doug became a CA in BC in 1972.
 New on Council: John Crawford, CA, CFE
John has been the senior vice-president of financial services at Pacific Blue Cross since 1997. Prior work includes serving as VP of finance for Medical Services Association; as the manager of the consulting group for the Vancouver office of Deloitte Haskins (now Deloitte & Touche LLP); as the manager of audit services for Deloitte Haskins in Prince George; and as controller of Sunrise Rentals Group.
John’s contributions to the Institute began in the 1980s, when he served as a lecturer for the professional development department and as a member of the PD Committee. He became a member of the Professional Conduct Enquiry Committee in 2000, and has served as vice-chair of the committee since 2005.
John is also a member of the Vancouver Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Vancouver Chapter of Financial Executives International, and the Pacific Region of Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute. He served as a speaker for the CFO Canada Conference in 2004 and 2006, and has been a director of the Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans since 1997.
Since 1988, John has served as master talley for the BC Children’s Miracle Network Telethon. His community work also includes serving as a member of the Credit Union, Insurance and Financial Services Committee for BC, and as a fundraiser for “Benefits of Caring for Ovarian Cancer.”
John became a CA in Scotland in 1979, and a CA in BC in 1982. He earned the Certified Fraud Examiner designation in 1995.
 New on Council: James Topham, CA
A partner with KPMG LLP’s Vancouver office since 1988, James first joined the firm in 1978 after having worked for six years with Statistics Canada and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
James has been highly active in the technology sector for many years, serving as a member and/or chair of numerous boards, and has been heavily involved with the BC Technology Industries Association (BCTIA) since helping to found the Association in 1993. He served on the BCTIA’s board from 1993 to 2002 (including stints as secretary and treasurer), and chaired the Association’s capital and finance committee in 2004/05. A founding member of the BCTIA’s CFO Special Interest Group, he served as a member of the Group from 1996 to 2005. James also helped found BC’s Power Technology Alliance (launched in March 2005), and continues to serve as a member of the Alliance’s advisory board.
In addition, James co-led the 2001 development of BC Technology Social Venture Partners, a vehicle that enables members of BC’s technology sector to donate their skills, connections, and money to non-profit organizations and specific community projects.
His service to the ICABC includes serving as a course developer and instructor in the early 1980s, and as a member of the Information Technology Task Force in 1990.
James became a CA in BC in 1980, and became a Certified Information Systems Auditor in 1985.
Profiles of all 2006/07 Council members appear on the ICABC website at www.ica.bc.ca under About Us/Institute/Governance. |
