David Marks
Senior Manager
Hamilton
davidmarks@kpmg.ca
David Marks joined the KPMG’s Hamilton office in May 1998, after completing a Bachelors of Honours Commerce at McMaster University in Hamilton. David started with the KPMG Enterprise practice for his first summer and then moved to the Audit practice, where he has been ever since. A large portion of David’s time is spent working on Canadian clients that have US GAAP reporting. Additionally, he services the audit needs of privately held businesses and local not-for-profit organizations.
David has been involved in the recruiting process at KPMG since 2000. He originally became involved in this process as he could relate to the pressures that are on the students going through the recruiting process. He enjoys sharing with the candidates his experiences, including all the things he did wrong during his recruiting year. In fact, you may want to ask David to share with you his experience of landing a job with KPMG—it is not what you might expect!
Outside of the office, David enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, and playing volleyball.
Denise Provencher
Senior Manager
Hamilton
dprovencher@kpmg.ca
Denise Provencher joined KPMG in May 1998 after completing her Honours Commerce degree at McMaster University. Denise is an Audit Senior Manager in the Hamilton office. Denise works with a large variety of clients in many different industry practices. Her clients range from large retail clients, to smaller owner-managed businesses, to hospitals and universities. Denise’s client mix also includes international subsidiaries, which have allowed her to gain experience in IFRS.
Denise has been involved with campus recruiting since starting her career at KPMG and has been a Performance Counsellor for the last 9 years.
When not at work, Denise enjoys spending time with friends and family, Pilates, skiing, golfing, and travelling. Some of her more recent vacations include Australia, Italy, France, Spain, Greece, and Florida.
Amanda Kwai Pun, CA
Manager, Audit
Hamilton
akwaipun@kpmg.ca
Amanda joined KPMG in October 2003 shortly after completing her Bachelor of Commerce at McGill University. Amanda started with KPMG as a staff accountant in the audit group and continues to deliver audit services to a broad range of clients as a manager.
During her career at KPMG, Amanda has spent time as the Hamilton/St. Catharine’s office UFE coordinator and has been involved for a number of years in marking the School of Accountancy exam. More recently, Amanda has had the opportunity to work with the National Professional Practice group by assisting with the deployment of the new audit engagement platform.
Outside of Amanda’s KPMG life, she enjoys travelling the world, running and pilates.
Divina Advento
Manager
Hamilton
dadvento@kpmg.ca
Divina Advento first joined KPMG in September 2006 as an intern and returned full-time in 2008 after her Honours Bachelor of Commerce at McMaster University. As an Audit Senior, Divina has worked with many clients in different industry practices, ranging from large manufacturing companies, to publicly accountable entities including utilities. Divina’s client mix involves both Canadian GAAP and IFRS reporting.
Upon successfully completing the 2009 UFE, Divina participates in the Mentor Program to help candidates currently going through the UFE process.
When not at work, Divina enjoys spending time with family and friends as well as traveling. Her favourite places include New York City, Tofino, BC and Barcelona.
Cole Horncastle
Senior Accountant
Hamilton
chorncastle@kpmg.ca
Cole Horncastle joined KPMG in September 2007 after completing his BAcc Honours degree at Brock University. Cole started with KPMG as an Audit Junior and is currently working in several business sectors, including not-for-profits and financial institutions. While at KPMG, Cole has successfully written the 2008 UFE and now spends time helping new candidates complete the UFE process.
Cole is a very active individual, showing interests in baseball, basketball, volleyball, and golf. Travelling is also one of Cole’s hobbies, as he has been known to vacation to several Caribbean destinations during the year.
Maliha Patel
Manager
Hamilton
malihapatel@kpmg.ca
Maliha Patel first joined KPMG as an intern and returned full-time in 2007 after completing her Honours Commerce degree at McMaster University. Maliha is a Senior Accountant in the Audit practice in the Hamilton office. She works on a wide variety of clients ranging from hospitals and universities to profit-oriented private companies and subsidiaries of European public companies.
Maliha has been involved in various recruiting activities since the start of her career and is a Performance Counselor. She has also been the Co-Chair of the United Way Committee in the Hamilton office for the past two years.
When not at work, Maliha enjoys spending time with her friends and family, reading, watching movies and travelling. Some of her most recent vacations include Turkey, Greece, India and U.A.E.