Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Description
In these videos from the 2025 Corporate Finance and Controllers conference, join industry leaders, finance professionals, and experts as you delve into relevant topics and sessions critical to financial leadership. Prepare for the year ahead as you learn about Tax, cybersecurity & law updates, private equity, and more.
Topics Covered:
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Module 1: 2025 Tax Update |
Alex Garber | 1 hour |
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Module 2: 2025 Cybersecurity Update |
Claudiu Popa | 1 hour |
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Module 3: 2025 Employment Law Update |
Stuart Rudner | 1 hour |
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Module 4: Navigating Canadian Private Equity |
Narber Alexandrian | 1 hour |
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Key Takeaways
The presentations will:
- Provide an overview of recent changes in the area of income taxation for corporations. The topics will be geared towards small and medium enterprises.
- Explain how to stay ahead of the curve in employment law in today’s rapidly changing workplace.
- Cover latest private equity trends and shed light on effective acquisition strategies, growth-focused management and ethical considerations of balancing profit with long-term stakeholer impact.
- Cybersecurity best practices including defensive postures; dynamic strategies that embrace new industry standards, regulatory breakthroughs, and cutting-edge technology to counter emerging risks.
Who Will Benefit
This on-demand course is designed for CFOs and Controllers who are keen to stay up to date on hot topics in areas of private equity, cybersecurity, employment law and tax.
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Speaker(s)
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Alex Garber, CPA, CA, MTax has been working in public practice since 2004, focusing primarily on income taxation for Canadian owner-managed businesses and their shareholders. Alex presents PD seminars for CPA Ontario and facilitates at the CPA Canada In-Depth Tax Program. Alex is also an adjunct professor at the Schulich School of Business, York University, where he teaches income taxation to both undergraduate and master's students. Alex started his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Toronto. He is currently an independent tax advisor, assisting various clients, sole-practitioners, and small CPA firms in Ontario. |
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Claudiu Popa is a certified cybersecurity expert, public speaker, published author, educator, and thought leader in the realm of security and privacy, data protection, compliance, and governance issues. He has over 30 years of experience in information technology security, auditing, international standards, and board-level risk advisory. Claudiu co-founded Canada's only cybersafety foundation where he oversees academic research and data-driven education programs. |
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Stuart Rudner is a leading Employment Lawyer and Mediator. For ten consecutive years, he has been selected by his peers for inclusion in ‘The Best Lawyers in Canada’ in the area of Employment Law. He was also named one of Canada’s top Legal Social Media Influencers and recognized as the only Legal Influencer in Canadian HR Law in the first Lexology Awards. Stuart is the founder of Rudner Law, which was the Gold Winner for Best Labour & Employment Boutique Law Firm in the 2023 annual Canadian HR Awards, presented by HRD Canada and supported by Canadian HR Reporter and has been selected as one of the Top Three Employment & Labour Boutiques in Canadian HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards for the past four years. Rudner Law was chosen as the winner of the 2019 and 2020 International Advisory Experts Award - Employment Law within Canada and the winner of the Canadian Employment Law Firm of the Year for 2019 and 2020 in the Global Law Experts Annual Awards. Stuart is the author of Your Fired Just Cause for Dismissal In Canada and has contributed to several other texts. He comments frequently in the media on Employment Law matters, moderates several blogs, and hosts a monthly online show: Fire Away. |
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Narbe Alexandrian, CPA, CA is the Founder and CEO of Define Capital, a private equity vehicle in the software space. Define Capital is a permanent capital corporation, focused on acquiring and operating profitable SaaS businesses in niche vertical markets. Prior to Define Capital, Narbe was the President and CEO of RIV Capital, a private equity and venture capital fund traded on the TSXV, TSX and now the Canadian Stock Exchange (CSE:RIV). Prior to RIV Capital, Narbe worked as a venture capitalist at OMERS Ventures, the largest venture capital fund in Canada, responsible for close to $1 billion in assets under management. In his role, Narbe is responsible for researching and executing investment opportunities in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector. |
