JAMES SHUTIAK:
CLASS OF 1949
Dauphin Collegiate InstituteClass of 1949
Dauphin, MB
Hapnot Collegiate High SchoolClass of 1946
Flin flon, MB
JAMES's Story
ATTENDED HAPNOT SCHOOL IN FLIN FLON GRADES 7 TO 10 FROM 1943 TO 1946. WAS A TOP STUDENT ALL YEARS THERE.
GRADUATED IN 1948 FROM DCI AT 16 ARTICLED AS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT STUDENT FOR 5 YEARS AT 19, FOUND FIRST FRAUD AND DID FIRST BUSINESS VALUATION AS FIRST YEAR STUDENT. BY END OF THIRD YEAR, SENIOR PARTNER IN CALGARY CALLED ME INTO HIS OFFICE TO TELL ME "JIM, LAST YEAR YOU FOUND MORE FRAUD THAN OTHER 32 OFFICES IN FIRM COMBINED! YOU HAVE A SIXTH SENSE - USE IT!" OBTAINED CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT'S DESIGNATION AT 25, BECAME YOUNGEST PARTNER THE FOLLOWING YEAR. LEFT PARTNERSHIP AT 29 TO ACCEPT SENIOR FINANCIAL POSITION IN GROUP OF SMALL INTEGRATED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN CALGARY. HELD SENIO...Expand for more
R POSITIONS IN VARIOUS LARGE CORPORATIONS AND CROWN CORPORATIONS FOR 19 YEARS IN ALL. THEN WENT INTO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ON MY OWN HELPING CLIENTS BUY/SELL BUSINESSES AND BEING EXPERT WITNESS IN COURT FOR LEGAL COUNSEL WHO REQUIRED EXPERTISE IN VALUING BUSINESSES, QUANTIFYING DAMAGES OR FORENSIC ACCOUNTING MATTERS. RETIRED MANY YEARS AGO AND LIVE IN CALGARY. GOLF 12 MONTHS A YEAR IN CALGARY AND SOUTHERN USA IN WINTER. STILL HIKE AND DOWNHILL SKI. A SUPER SENIOR AT LAKE LOUISE FOR MANY YEARS. AM BLESSED WITH GREAT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. GAVE UP BIG GAME HUNTING A FEW YEARS AGO. MY LIVING ROOM IS FULL OF DEAD ANIMALS FROM TAJIKISTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, MEXICA, ALASKA, NWT, NE BC, AND ALBERTA.
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