B.C.’s business community has until February 14 to nominate the chief financial officers they most admire for the 2014 BC CFO of the Year awards.
Winners are chosen based on their performance relating to corporate growth through strategic decision making, as well as overall performance and execution, sound business principals and reporting. They will be profiled in an April 2014 issue of Business in Vancouver and honoured at a special awards dinner scheduled for May 2014.
The award categories are:
- Large public company (revenue more than $50m);
- Small public company (revenue less than $50m);
- Large private company (revenue more than $50m);
- Small private company (revenue less than $50m);
- Publicly accountable company;
- Non-profit organization; and
- Transformation agent – there can be more than one recipient for this category (i.e. one for non-profit, emerging leader and a crown corporation).
The eligibility criteria are as follows:
1. Nominees must be B.C. residents from an organization operating in B.C.
2. Nominees must have been CFO for at least two years.
3. Nominees must agree to have their name stand and be available for the awards event in May 2014.
Nominees will be judged by a selection panel, which will include four members of the business community and a representative from the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC.
The 2013 CFO winners were:
- Large public company: Fabiana Chubbs, CFO, Eldorado Gold Corp.;
- Small public company: Chris Clark, CFO, Neovasc;
- Small private company: David Orr, CFO, Nuheat Industries Ltd.;
- Publicly accountable company: Don Coulter, CFO, Coast Capital Savings;
- Non-profit company: Helen Ghabel, vice president, finance, YWCA;
- Transformation agents: Cathy McLay, CFO, Translink; Johan Lemmer, CFO, Fulcrum Capital Partners; Sandy Treagus, CFO Mountain Equipment Co-op; and
- Lifetime achievement award: Sharon Federal, CFO, MacDonald Realty.
To nominate a CFO for this year’s awards, click here.
