Gail A. Thompson CA

 

Gail is the managing partner at Shpak & Company Chartered Accountants. She has a BBA from SFU, is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Financial Planner.

She is responsible for Canadian Personal Tax and focuses on financial statement preparation and tax planning for the remainder of the year.  She deals primarily with owner managed small to medium sized businesses.

 

Mario Costa, CA


Mario became a partner of Shpak & Company in January of 2008. He has been with the firm since 2003. He has a BA and Dimploma in accounting from UBC and is a Chartered Accountant.

He articled with a mid-sized firm gaining valuable experience in assurance, accounting and personal and corporate taxes. He focuses on financial statement preparation and personal Canadian taxes. He has a special interest in computer technology.

Garreth Barker

Garreth has been with Shpak and Company several years, working on all aspects of corporate and personal tax matters including financial statement preparation.

Garreth gradated from the BCIT Financial Management Diploma program in 2006. He is currently a fourth level CGA student and also working towards his Bachelor of Applied Business Administration degree.

 


Paula McElroy

 

Paula joined Shpak & Company in October 2008 after many years of working as a bookkeeper for local small businesses. She also proudly serves as a local District Commissioner with Girl Guides of Canada.

Paula is working on becoming a certified Pro Advisor in QuickBooks and a certified Simply Accounting Consultant to assist Shpaks clients with all their bookkeeping needs.


Barb Connorton


Barb is the Office Manager of Shpak & Company.  She is in charge of all Office Administration and supervises this part of the team.  Barb also greets many clients as they arrive at the office.

Barb is involved with year-end financial statement assembly.  Loyalty is a trademark of Barb’s with the firm and our clients.

Julie Grierson


Julie has recently joined Shpak & Company as our office assistant. She will quite often be the first to greet you as you come through the door or phone the office. Julie performs a variety of tasks to help keep the office running smoothly. She is responsible for maintaining updates for our computer software programs and keeping our client database current.

Julie also publishes our newsletter and is involved with year end
financial statement assembly.

Phil Woolford


Phil joined Shpak & Company in October 2009. He has over 10 years of accounting experience in small and medium sized manufacturing businesses
in the UK.

His focus is on financial statement preparation, bookkeeping, and assisting with Canadian personal income tax preparation.