| Steve
has a 25 year history with the public accounting profession.
His career started in the UK in 1980 when he joined
a small 2 partner firm as a trainee, qualifying in 1983.
With his designation in hand, he then joined a national
firm of CAs.
When his previous
'report-to' left that national firm to establish his
own practice, Steve was approached a year later to join
him and open a second office. He did, and Steve quickly
became a partner in that firm. He was deeply involved
in three acquisitions during this time, and the ultimate
sale of the practice in 1989.
Steve then enjoyed
a number of years as a sole practitioner before selling
his own firm and crossing over to consulting to CA firms
in 1995.
He met Fiona (a
Canadian, and now Steve's wife and business partner)
in 1997 and came to live in Canada in 1998.
He quickly learned
the recruiting business in the GTA, first as Director
of Business Development with a long-established boutique
firm who specialize in recruiting CAs for industry,
at Queen and Bay in downtown Toronto, and then as Vice
President of a national executive search firm, as head
of the accounting & finance practice.
Steve walked away
from the 'rat race' to establish his own 'boutique'
practice, serving only public accounting firms, in May
2003, and is already acknowledged by many as THE leading
expert in public accounting growth, recruiting, mergers
and acquisitions.
Steve
is a member of the faculty of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Ontario, a member of Mensa (the high
IQ society) and the Institute of Direct Marketing. He
is also an award-winning marketer for accounting firms,
a sought-after public speaker and the author of several
best-selling eBooks for public accounting firms.
He
is also the creator of the client service program: 'Towards
Awesome Client Service' - in use in accounting firms
around the world - and also heads our merger & acquisition
service for public accounting firms.
Steve
is also a resident columnist for Canada's Accounting
Newspaper, 'The Bottom Line'.
His
consulting work with CAs takes him literally around
the world (example: in August 2004 he spoke at a number
of seminars for the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of Bangladesh, and has spoken to several groups of CPAs
in the USA and numerous CA firms across Canada).
2005
sees the launch of a series of 'Toolkit' books written
by him, and published by the Canadian Institute of Chartered
Accountants.
His
'down-to-earth', approachable manner is often stated
as a breath of fresh air by many who entrust their mergers,
acquisition, marketing, recruiting and other projects
to him and his staff.
To
speak with Steve about your career options or hiring
needs, in confidence, call him today at 905-842-2284,
or you can email him at steve@mfagroup.com.
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