CURRICULUM VITAE
BRAD R.
BORKWOOD, BAcc,
CA·CBV
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE AND FIRM RESPONSIBILITIES
At Present:
·
Manager,
Taylor Leibow LLP Accountants and Advisors – Business
Valuations and Litigation Support department (since
January 1, 2003). Responsible for managing all aspects
of Business Valuation and Litigation Support assignments
for various clients from within and outside the firm’s
regular client base. The business valuations and
litigation-support department also co-ordinates the
firm’s M&A, due diligence, divestiture-consulting, and
forensic- and investigative-accounting practices.
Previously:
·
Senior Accountant,
Taylor Leibow LLP Accountants and Advisors,
January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002. Duties consisted
of supervising large audits and assigned staff, as well
as providing clients with service in accounting,
auditing, taxation and other consulting assignments.
·
Student Accountant,
Taylor Leibow LLP Accountants and
Advisors,
April 1, 1998 to December 31, 2000. Duties consisted of
providing clients with service in accounting, auditing
and taxation.
FORMAL
EDUCATION
·
Chartered Business
Valuator, Canadian
Institute of Chartered Business Valuators, December
2005.
·
Chartered Accountant,
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, 2002.
·
Bachelor of
Accounting, Brock
University, 2000.
MEMBERSHIPS
AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
·
Member of the Canadian
Institute of Chartered Business Valuators.
·
Member of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.
·
Member of the Hamilton
Chamber of Commerce.
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Attendance at numerous
seminars related to Business Valuation and Damage
Quantification including most of the recent regional and
national conferences of the Canadian Institute of
Chartered Business Valuators.
·
Attendance at numerous
seminars related to issues affecting Chartered Accountants
in Ontario, including new standards of professional
practice and CICA Handbook updates.
·
Volunteer accountant –
Hamilton Symphony.
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Volunteer – Halton
Habitat for Humanity.
·
Volunteer – Let Them Be
Kids (playground building).
PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS
·
Since 2003, practice
restricted to Business Valuation, Litigation Support,
Mergers & Acquisitions, Divestitures, Forensic and
Investigative Accounting and other business-advisory
services.
·
Involved in the
preparation of valuation reports and fairness opinions for
more than 300 business interests and business-like assets
in a wide variety of industries for purposes of legal
disputes, income-tax reorganizations, potential purchase
or sale transactions, family-law and other matters.
·
Involved in the
preparation of more than 200 reports related to the
quantification of economic damages for litigation
purposes. Matters dealt with include shareholder
disputes, breaches of contract, personal injury, insurance
claims, and forensic investigations.
·
Prepared more than 250
reports related to the quantification of economic damages
for litigation purposes. Matters dealt with include
shareholder disputes, breaches of contract, personal
injury, insurance claims, and forensic investigations.
·
Provided expert-witness
testimony in legal proceedings.
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Attended in examinations
for discovery and assisted legal counsel in their lines of
questioning.
·
Assisted many companies
in pursuit of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and
corporate-finance initiatives.
·
Provided other services
in the areas of economic research and preparation of
financial analysis for the purposes of negotiation and
business management.
·
Finished in the first decile in the Canada-wide ranking as
well as fourth overall in the Hamilton area on the 2001 CA
Uniform Final Examination.
OTHER
·
Married to
my lovely wife Jenn on a beach in Varadero, Cuba.
Recently purchased a new home in Burlington where we have
a puppy named Rosey. Enjoys guitar, baseball, biking,
hiking, golf and working on the house.
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