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AcSB

Pension Plan Working Group

Summary

The Working Group assists the AcSB in better understanding user needs from pension plan financial statements and in developing a project proposal to address stakeholder concerns with Section 4600, Pension Plans, in Part IV of the CPA Canada Handbook.


Staff Contact(s)

Shalini Gupta, CPA, CA Principal, Accounting Standards Board

Members

The Working Group consists of:

  • a Chair, who is appointed by the AcSB; and
  • 10 to 25 members with a range of backgrounds and experience, including preparers and auditors of financial statements prepared in accordance with the accounting standards for pension plans, plan administrators, as well as individuals charged with fiduciary responsibility for pension plans.

Members are appointed for an initial three-year term, subject to the duration of the AcSB’s project on Part IV, but they will be eligible for reappointment or extension at the discretion of the AcSB Chair, the Director, Accounting Standards, and the Group Chair.

Meetings

The Working Group meets on an as-needed basis. Meetings are not open to the public.

Katharine Christopoulos

CPA, CA
AcSB
Toronto, ON
Chair

Angela Mazerolle

FCNB
Fredericton, NB
Member

Ann Chow

FSCO
North York, ON
Member

Antonietta Cicerone

CPA
CN Investment Division
Montréal, QC
Member

Brandon Weening

CPA, CA
Toronto, ON
Member

Christina Fox

CPA, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toronto, ON
Member

Darlene Himick

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
Member

David Veld

CPA, CA
Burlington, ON
Member

Heather Rahman

CPA, CA
KPMG LLP
Concord, ON
Member

Juliana Duray Kikuchi

CPA, CA
HOOPP Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Toronto, ON
Member

Marlène Labelle

CPA auditrice
Montréal, QC
Member

Mary Picard

Toronto, ON
Member

Philip Churchill

Eckler Ltd.
Halifax, NS
Member

Rian Sharpe

The PBAS Group
Etobicoke, ON
Member

Susan Bird

The McAteer Group of Companies
Markham, ON
Member

Upton Jeans

CPA, CA
Toronto, ON
Member

Uros Karadzic

Ernst & Young LLP
Toronto, ON
Member