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AcSB

Agriculture Advisory Group

About the Advisory Group

The Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) established the Agriculture Advisory Group in April 2017 to provide advice to the AcSB on its project to develop authoritative guidance related to the accounting for biological assets and agricultural produce.

Staff Contact(s)

Katharine Christopoulos, CPA, CA Director, Accounting Standards Board

Membership

The Group consists of:

  • a Chair, who is a member of the AcSB; and
  • 15 to 20 other members with a range of backgrounds and experience including farmers, preparers, practitioners, users, government employees and an academic.

Meetings

The Group is expected to meet approximately four times in 2017. Meetings are not open to the public. A summary of discussions of each Group meeting will be made available shortly after each meeting.
For upcoming meetings, visit the AcSB calendar.


Adam Vervoort

CPA, CGA
BMO Financial Group
Kingston, ON
Member

Allan Melvin

Bishop & Company Chartered Accountants Inc.
Halifax, NS
Member

Anita Fowsar

CPA auditor
Duke CPA Inc.
Cowansville, QC
Member

Bertrand Montel

Groupe Agéco
Québec, QC
Member

Bryon Wolf

CPA, CMA Member

Dan Rempel

CPA, CA
Deloitte LLP
Winnipeg, MB
Member

David Guthrie

CPA, CA
KPMG LLP
Chilliwack, BC
Member

Dean Klippenstine

CPA, CA
MNP LLP
Regina, SK
Member

Denise Parker

CPA, CGA
MNP LLP
Chilliwack, BC
Member

Greg Pate

Brantwood Farms
Member

Jean-Paul Allaire

CPA
Unicoop Cooperative Agricole
Ste-Marie, QC
Member

Jennifer Thompson

CPA, CGA
Province of Nova Scotia - Department of Finance and Treasury Board
Member

Kim Gerencser

K.Ag Growing Farm Profits Inc.
Regina, SK
Member

Linda Bross

CPA, CA
BDO Canada LLP
Hanover, ON
Member

Melanie Harty

CPA, CA
Grant Thornton LLP
Medicine Hat, AB
Member

Nancy Frame

CPA, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Truro, NS
Member

Scot Lorenson

CPA, CA
Grant Thornton LLP
Wetaskiwin, AB
Member

Selma Khedhaier

CPA
Equitas International Centre for Human Rights Education
Montréal, QC
Member

Thomas Blonde

CPA, CA
Collins Barrow Guelph Wellington Dufferin
Elora, ON
Member