Biography of Jude Pillainayagam

Jude Pillainayagam is a senior engineer in municipal engineering sector over 20 years and the Asset Management Engineer at the City of Coquitlam. Jude possesses a diverse educational background and experience.  Jude is also an accountant and a certified Information...

Biography of Gordon Ruth

Gordon Ruth, FCPA, FCGA was previously the Executive Vice President of Certification and Operations for the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC. Mr. Ruth was also the Chief Executive Officer for the Certified General Accountants of BC for almost five years. He...

Biography of Shayne Kavanagh

Shayne Kavanagh is the Senior Manager of Research for GFOA and has been a leader in developing the practice and technique of long-term financial planning and policies for local government. He started GFOA’s long-term financial planning and policy line of research in...

Biography of Jamie Black

Jamie Black is President of F.H. Black & Company Incorporated. For the last 20 years, he has consulted and trained finance officers, auditors & accountants in government, higher education, and corporations throughout Canada and the U.S. His work focuses on...