Financial Executives International
Southwestern Ontario Chapter
September 2008 Newsletter
Chapter Website: http://www.feicanada.org/chapter/SWOntario
Our Strategic Partners
Gold level
Hope everyone had a good summer – this rain must mean it is almost over! We
have a new executive and lots of great meetings and events lined up for the
2008-09 year. We wanted to let you know all about them so you can mark your
calendars.
New Executive
The slate of officers on your new executive is as follows:
Silver level
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President – Dawn Butler
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Strategic Partners – Jim Knowles
Vice President – Sue Deakin
Treasurer – Nicole Archibald
Membership chair – Jim Knowles
Website chair – Jim Fentin while Cynthia McConnell is away on maternity
leave
Directors – Gitta Kulczycki, Dave Corner, Paul Shanks
Many thanks to our retiring Past President, Leroy Innanen. Leroy has been
named the CFO of Nealanders in Mississauga so, unfortunately, has resigned from
the executive. While Leroy was President, he grew our membership by 20
members; he established our Strategic Partners program and was instrumental in
establishing a strong dinner meeting program. We can’t thank Leroy enough for
his contributions to SW Ontario Chapter. Leroy is maintaining his membership in
our Chapter so we hope to see him at some of our meetings this year.
Mark the following dates on your calendar – meeting notices will follow shortly!!!
Meeting Date
Location
Details
Thursday October 23
London Club
Kick off the Fall and join us for a dinner meeting with Keith Bowman,
CEO, The Public Accountants Council for the Province of Ontario.
An eblast will be distributed before the end of the week. Eblast will be
out to you shortly. Register early to confirm your attendance.
Mississauga
Convention
Centre
Hamilton & Toronto Chapters have planned a conference of engaging
plenary sessions, breakout sessions and panel discussions targeted to
Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME). Topics include success
factors for SMEs, commercialization of innovations, human capital
management, exit strategies for family businesses, and various funding
options. Cost is $200 to members; $400 for non-members. Register
on the FEI website, http://www.feicanada.org/events/
Networking Reception –
5:30
Dinner – 6:30
Speaker – 7:30
Friday October 24
Small & Medium
Enterprise Conference
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Meeting Date
Wednesday, Nov.26,
2008
Location
London Club
Luncheon
Thursday, Dec 4, 2008
London Club
Dinner & Wine Tasting
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009
Spencer Hall
Cocktails – 5:30
Dinner – 6:30
Speaker – 7:30
Wed Feb. 25, 2009
Details
Don Drummond, Chief Economist, TD Canada Trust will make a
presentation entitled: Economic Outlook: Prospects for the U.S.,
World and Canadian Economies and Implications for Businesses and
Investors. Look for a sign up eblast in October.
New Member Welcome and Social. Join us for dinner and wine
tasting. Mix, mingle and get to know your colleagues in the Chapter
and enjoy some great wine.
CEO Night. Paul Davenport, CEO, University of Western Ontario will
speak on Leadership and What it Means in Accomplishments at UWO.
Paul will be retiring from UWO next summer. Join us as he looks back
at all that has been accomplished over the last 15 years.
Tour & Dinner
Black Fly
Beverage
Company
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2009
TBA
Cocktails – 5:30
Dinner – 6:30
Speaker – 7:30
Wed Apr. 22, 2009
TBA
Dinner Meeting
Thursday, May 21, 2009
TBA
We are waiting to confirm a speaker for this date.
Montreal
Mark your calendars for the FEI National Conference. Always an
informative and exciting event.
A great networking opportunity. We will confirm the date.
Dinner Meeting
Wednesday – Friday
May 27-29, 2009
Tentative June 25, 2009
Golf Tournament
Pine Knot
Golf Course
The Black Fly Beverage Company is Ontario's first Micro-Distillery
founded by husband and wife Rob Kelly and Cathy Siskind-Kelly in May
2005. Join us for a tour of their new facility at 535 Sovereign Road
and hear all about their successes.
Jilaine Parkes, VP Product and Business Development, Performance
Synergy will be with us for an interactive session. Jilaine led us last
year for the Myers Briggs session last year so we know this will be
another entertaining session. Mark your calendars; the date is
confirmed
As our Gold Sponsor, KPMG will host the evening. We expect to do a
tour which will be announced soon.
We have had 8 new members join us last year – that’s terrific !!!
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Ms. Kimberley Amonite is the Chief Financial Officer at A.P. Plasman.
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Mrs. Penny L. Parker is the Coordinator, Business Accounting Program at
Fanshawe College.
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Ms. Patricia Elliott is the Controller at Union Gas Limited.
Mrs. Stacey Hann is the Manager of Treasury & Controller at Emco Corporation.
Mr. Julian Kemp is the Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of Fortune
Minerals Limited.
Mr. Michael Stewart is the Controller of the CWB Group.
Mrs. Kathleen Vincent is the Coordinator, Business Administration & Accounting at
Fanshawe College.
Ms. Victoria Zuber is the Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of
Windsor Canada Utilities Ltd.
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