Yanick Brissette
Partner, Campus Recruiting & KPMG Enterprise
Montréal
ybrissette@kpmg.ca
After completing his studies at McGill University and UQAM, and broadening his knowledge by obtaining the CPA designation, Yanick joined KPMG in 1997 as a Senior Auditor.
Today, Yanick is a Partner in the Entreprise practice with more than 13 years of experience auditing privately held businesses in various sectors. In particular, he has led a number of Audit engagements in several countries for companies operating in multiple locations. He also has a wealth of experience in special purpose audits and prospectuses in Canada and the United States.
As a member of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montréal, Yanick has built a solid network of contacts that will help him throughout his career. His outgoing nature prompted him to participate in campus recruiting and in 2006, he became responsible for the francophone side of campus recruiting.
Yanick has found a good balance between his professional and personal life. He has a six-year-old son with whom he loves to play hockey, and recently started playing football, and a three-year-old daughter that loves to dance and eat chocolate. Some of Yanick’s other interests include wine and hockey.
Yvon Couturier
Partner, Audit
Montréal
ycouturier@kpmg.ca
Yvon has more than 31 years’ experience at KPMG, where he started out as an audit intern. He is currently a Partner in the KPMG Enterprise practice, focusing on Audit and related services, Tax services, and Business Advisory services to entrepreneurs and privately-held companies. Yvon advises companies whose activities are in constant evolution; they are companies of all sizes and from various industries, including distribution, retail, consumer markets, manufacturing, real estate, technology and aeronautics. He is the Partner responsible for the Aerospace Industry for the Montréal office.
He also assists clients with acquisitions, financing and preparing for an initial public offering (IPO). He has participated in several of his clients’ IPOs. He is also very well-versed in Canadian and US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards).
Yvon was the HR Partner-in-Charge for his group for more than 10 years. Taking part in employee evaluations, performance, and compensation matters, etc., he used his listening skills to help employees choose a promising career path.
Taking part in the campus recruiting process since 1985, Yvon enjoys meeting new candidates and promoting the CA profession, giving him an opportunity to highlight his professional and interpersonal skills.
Yvon Dupuis
Partner, Audit
Montréal
yvondupuis@kpmg.ca
A class of 1989 graduate from the Université du Québec à Montréal and member of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec since 1991, Yvon started fulfilling his career at KPMG in Montréal. For more than 21 years, he has acquired experience and worked in conducting multi-location audits for large public and private companies, including multi-nationals with complex financial reporting and accounting issues. From 1995 to 1998, he was on secondment with KPMG in France and worked in the Paris office. In 2000, he was nominated as Partner. Yvon has advised both Canadian and foreign companies on financial issues, such as public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, as well as reorganizations and carve-out transactions. Throughout the years, he has gained an extensive knowledge on Canadian and US accounting and auditing standards, including OSC and SEC regulations, US GAAP, and standards of the PCAOB. He is also a member of the IFRS team.
From 2000 to 2005, Yvon was the Partner-in-Charge of Human Resources for the Audit practice. In 2008, he has been the Partner-in-Charge of KPMG’s Information, Communications, and Entertainment group at the Montréal office and since 2009 he has been Partner in charge of Audit. Each year, he pursues his involvement in the office’s recruiting process.
With his professional and interpersonal skills, and his continued support in the management and assessment of his Audit group, Yvon benefits from his ability to guide his colleagues towards great career choices.
Jean-Pascal Gagnon
Senior Manager, Audit
Montréal
jpgagnon@kpmg.ca
A graduate of Sherbrooke University and member of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec since 2001, Jean-Pascal started his career at KPMG in January 2004 as a Manager.
Jean-Pascal has 13 years of experience in audit and consultation and provided advisory and audit services to public, semi public and private companies in Canada and the US. He is the People Leader for the KPMG Enterprise group. This role enables him to promote the firm's values and strategy. He also plays an important role in the in-house training programs.
Being the father of two young boys, the balance between professional and personal life is very important to Jean-Pascal. He is passionate about hockey and cycling, sports he does with his children. In the last few years, he also discovered that he enjoys renovating.
Catherine Cardinal-Roy
Senior, Audit
Montréal
ccardinalroy@kpmg.ca
Catherine graduated from HEC Montréal and joined KPMG in 2006. While at HEC, she spent one semester at the Copenhagen Business School, in Denmark, as an exchange student. Catherine passed the UFE in 2009 and received her CA designation in February 2011.
Since starting at KPMG, Catherine has worked on engagements for public and private companies in different industries such as mining, manufacturing and high technology. She recently had a particularly rewarding experience while working on an international development engagement in Haiti. She worked on the audit of accounting records of nine NGOs and advised the United Nations on the distribution of funds to the emergency relief programs following the earthquake in 2010.
Given her interest in campus recruiting, Catherine is very pleased to now be officially part of the recruiting team. She will be able to share her experience with candidates and discuss the many benefits and career opportunities at KPMG.
Mandy Zombor
Senior, Audit
Montréal
mzombor@kpmg.ca
Mandy joined the KPMG team in 2007 as a summer intern to later join on a permanent basis in 2008 after completing her Bachelor of Commerce at McGill University. Mandy then obtained a Graduate diploma in Chartered Accountancy at McGill University and passed the CA designation exam in 2009.
Mandy had the opportunity to work on international mandates and expand her knowledge of US accounting standards while travelling to foreign locations such as Honduras and Dominican Republic. She also experienced a training program in Greece where she gained public speaking and networking skills while meeting KPMG members from all over the world.
Mandy has been part of the social committee since 2009. She organizes events that foster friendly relationships between members of the KPMG team and create an enjoyable atmosphere at work.
Mandy is also involved in the UFE mentoring program that KPMG offers by providing guidance and support to fellow colleagues to help them succeed in this important step of their career.
Pierre Nguyen
Staff Accountant, Audit
Montréal
pierrenguyen@kpmg.ca
Pierre started with KPMG as a summer student in 2008. In 2009, he graduated with great distinction from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University and started with the firm full-time in October. He has chosen the path of working full-time during the day and undertaking the CA program part-time at night in order to write the UFE in 2012.
Pierre fell in love with KPMG from day one and has been actively helping out with the recruitment team since the last day of his summer internship in August 2008. He is aware that the process of applying to the accounting firms can be a little intimidating; he would therefore like to share his advice in order to ease the process and at the same time, share his positive experiences at KPMG with the students.
Pierre is part of the group that audits large public companies in the sector of luxury goods retailers, manufacturing and transportation services. Not only does this opportunity allow him to develop the knowledge of different businesses, it also permits him to travel extensively, which is one of his passions. He has been to Alberta, Alabama, Florida and Barbados.
Annik Amireault
Talent Attraction Manager
Montréal
aamireault@kpmg.ca
After studying mechanical engineering at Montréal’s School of Advanced Technology (ETS) and obtaining her Engineering Degree, Annik worked for an industrial engineering consulting firm as Project Manager for 4 years, optimizing work methods and production processes for various manufacturing companies.
In 2004, Annik decided to take on new challenges and signed a 2-month contract with the Campus Recruiting team at KPMG’s Montréal office. In that position, she got to know KPMG employees and discovered a work environment and corporate culture that fit her values and aspirations.
In early 2005, Annik accepted a permanent position as Montréal Scheduling Coordinator within KPMG’s Audit practice —a major career change! Her solid grounding in engineering allowed her to quickly propose and make changes to the process in place. Barely 7 months after taking up her duties, Annik was offered a Human Resources administration position, which she eagerly accepted; she took part in a variety of HR projects, particularly in the area of campus recruiting. In 2007, she began a new position entirely focused on that area. Currently in charge of campus recruiting for KPMG’s Montréal office, Annik also promotes national projects as a member of the Canadian firm’s Campus Recruiting team.