CBV Designation

Please join our Firm in congratulating Jonathan Corobow  (Hamilton) for successfully passing the 2023 Membership Qualification Exam (MQE). The MQE is the final educational requirement leading to the Chartered Business Valuators (CBV) designation and is administered by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators. Jonathan was admitted for membership as a Chartered Business Valuator in December of 2023.

2023 Successful CFE Writers

Please join our Firm in congratulating Arshdeep Chahal (Hamilton), Jessica Kowalczyk (Hamilton), Stan Lubinic (Burlington), Ryan Marcon (Hamilton), and Cherry Nie (Hamilton), for successfully passing their 2023 Common Final Evaluation (CFE). The CFE is the final educational requirement leading to the Chartered Professional Accountant designation.

New Managers

Please join our Firm in congratulating Fran Bonomi (St. Catharines), Ceilidh McDonald (St. Catharines), Emily Smith (Hamilton), Jake Sosniak (Hamilton), Colton Sulisz (St. Catharines)  and Coady Turner (Hamilton) on their promotions to Manager.

Fran Bonomi

Fran is a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management from Niagara College, as well as an Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences from Western University.

Ceilidh McDonald

Ceilidh obtained her Bachelor of Accounting (Honours) degree in 2019 from Brock University with First Class Standing. She completed her Master of Accountancy in 2020 and received her Chartered Professional Accountant designation in 2021. She started her career at DJB in the St. Catharines office as a co-op student in May of 2016 and became full time in October 2020.

Emily Smith

Emily holds an Honours Bachelor of Accounting degree from Brock University (2016) and obtained her Chartered Professional Accountant designation in 2020. She joined DJB in November 2020 and works out of the Hamilton location.

Jake Sosniak

Jake obtained a Bachelor of Accounting degree (honors) in 2018 from Brock University and received his Chartered professional Accountant designation in 2020. He started as a Supervisor at DJB in April, 2022 and works out of the Hamilton office location.

Colton Sulisz

During his undergraduate studies at Brock University, he completed a semester-long international exchange at the University of Mannheim in Germany. Colton later graduated from Brock University in October 2014 with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) degree and obtained his CPA, CA designation in September 2018. He began his career with DJB in 2019 as an intermediate staff accountant.

Coady Turner

Coady obtained his Bachelor of Accounting degree with first-class standing in 2018 from Brock University. He successfully passed the Common Final Examination in September 2020 and received his Chartered Professional Accountant designation in February 2021. In 2019, Coady joined DJB as a staff accountant in the Hamilton office.

 

New Senior Managers

Please join our Firm in congratulating Robert Taylor (Hamilton) and Freddy Trigiani (Hamilton) on their promotions to Senior Manager.

Robert Taylor

Robert started his career with DJB in the St. Catharines office in 2016 as an Assurance Senior. He was promoted to Assurance Manager in January 2020 and Senior Manager in January 2024.

Freddy Trigiani

Freddy joined DJB as a co-op student in the former Grimsby office in January 2013 and transferred to the Hamilton office as a Senior Accountant in October 2016 when he became full time. In January 2020, Freddy was promoted to Manager and in January 2024, he was promoted to Senior Manager.