Featured Experts

Benjamin Alarie has spent more than a decade applying artificial intelligence to tax and law. He holds the Osler Chair in Business Law at the University of Toronto and is co-founder and CEO of Blue J, whose generative AI platform is used at thousands of accounting and law firms. He is co-author of Superjustice (Oxford University Press, 2026) with Samuel Becher, and of The Legal Singularity (University of Toronto Press, 2023, with Abdi Aidid), which won the AAP PROSE Award.

John is Founder and Managing Partner of Maverix Private Equity, investing in technology-enabled growth and disruption across Smart Cities and Smart Enterprises. Previously, he founded and led OMERS Ventures as CEO, backing companies like Shopify, Hootsuite, and DuckDuckGo, and co-founded the Council of Canadian Innovators with Jim Balsillie. He was named Canada's #1 Most Powerful Business Person by Canadian Business in 2014.

Dr. Jack M. Mintz is the President’s Fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary after serving as the Palmer Chair and founding Director from January 1, 2008, to June 30, 2015. He is a board member of Mackenzie Health, York Region, Ontario and the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow, MacDonald-Laurier Institute, Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute, and research fellow at International Tax and Investment Centre in Washington D.C., CESIfo Germany and Oxford’s Centre of Business Taxation. He is a member of the editorial board of International Tax and Public Finance. He is weekly contributor to the Financial Post of Canada. Dr. Mintz became a member of the Order of Canada in 2015 as well as receiving the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 for service to the Canadian tax policy community and Queen Elizabeth Platinum Medal in 2023 for serving as chair of the Alberta Premier’s Economic Recovery Council from 2020 to 2022.

John is the tax leader with the AC Group in Atlantic Canada providing national level tax services to the group and other key clients. He was previously the Vice-President of Tax with CPA Canada and now serves as a spokesperson and senior advisor for CPA Canada, both domestically and internationally, and acs in the public interest, providing tax-related information and perspective. John continues to advise on CPA Canada's tax committees and working groups, consults with the federal government regarding the development and administration of federal tax policies, while also providing thought leadership and education to CPAs. A strong proponent of tax education, John also aims to increase CPA Canada's reputation as the preeminent provider of core tax education in Canada. From 2001 to 2023, John had multiple tax roles with Baker Tilly including the National Tax director for Baker Tilly Canada, driving key tax advisory initiatives to support practitioners across its network. An accomplished leader and trusted advisor, John also provided tax training to other professionals through various organizations, including the Canadian Tax Foundation, CPA Nova Scotia and CPA Canada. John has written and presented numerous articles and papers over his career and has presented at many national and regional tax conferences. During the pandemic, John wrote many tax related articles pertaining to government relief measures and legislation.

Kenneth Keung is a tax advisor, educator, and contributor to Canadian tax policy with over 25 years of experience advising privately owned businesses and high-net-worth families. His practice has focused on complex tax planning, including corporate reorganizations, business acquisitions and divestitures, and trust, estate, and succession planning. Kenneth now dedicates much of his work to tax education, thought leadership, and professional practice development. He designs and delivers technical training programs, writes extensively on emerging tax issues, and contributes to discussions on tax policy through professional committees and submissions to the Department of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency. He serves as Vice-Chair of the CPA Canada–CBA Joint Committee on Taxation, Chair of the STEP Canada Tax Technical Committee, and is a member of the editorial board of the Federated Press International Tax Planning journal. He has also held governance roles as a Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation and Director of STEP Canada. An award-winning author and speaker, Kenneth is widely published and frequently cited in professional publications. He was recognized globally with the STEP Founder’s Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Henry joined Oberon Capital Corporation in early 2023. Henry is a trusted and highly experienced consultant to accomplished business owners and affluent families on matters associated with transition and wealth planning. In addition to being a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA), Henry is a Chartered Investment Manager (CIM), a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP), a Master Financial Advisor – Philanthropy (MFA-P), a Family Enterprise Advisor (FEA), and a U.S. Certified Public Accountant (CPA, Illinois). Henry has earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Schulich School of Business. Henry has completed Levels I, II, and III of the CPA Canada In-Depth Tax Program and has been a Group Study Leader for the In-Depth Tax Program. Henry has also taught a Tax Course with the University of Toronto.

Jamie Golombek, FCPA, CPA (Illinois), CFP, CLU, TEP, is Managing Director, Tax & Estate Planning with CIBC Private Wealth in Toronto. Jamie is quoted frequently in the national media as an expert on taxation, writes a weekly column called “Tax Expert” in the National Post, and has appeared as a guest on BNN, CTV News, and The National. In 2023, Jamie was named a CPA Ontario Fellow. The FCPA is the highest distinction that can be bestowed upon a CPA who brings distinction to themselves and to their profession through leadership and achievement in their professional, community and/or personal lives.