Karen Higgins, FCA, Partner, Deloitte
Karen Higgins is a Partner and the National Director of Accounting Services in the Canadian National office of Deloitte & Touche. She also is a key advisory partner for the Global IFRS Offering Services group in Canada and works with a large number of clients in providing both technical and implementation support on IFRS engagements. She was previously a partner in the Complex Transaction and Expertise Group and North American Capital Markets group of the firm. She specializes in providing Canadian, US and International accounting and advisory services to clients with a focus on structured transactions, financial instruments, hedging and derivatives, variable interest entity consolidation and treasury accounting and advisory services. She advises clients across all industry sectors with a focus on the financial services industry. Karen is a frequent speaker on IFRSs as well as financial instruments and is well recognized across Canada for her expertise in these areas

Clair Grindley, CA, ACA, Senior Manager, Deloitte
Clair Grindley is a Senior Manager in the Canadian National Office of Deloitte and Touche and focuses on IFRS consultations, training and education and advisory services. Clair is currently assisting a number of clients in IFRS implementation projects as either a core member or advisory member of the implementation team. Clair is the editor of the Deloitte IFRS transition newsletter, provides IFRS training services and clients and other Deloitte professionals and is also a frequent speaker at IFRS events, often speaking about first-time adoption and implementation issues. Prior to focusing on IFRS, Clair worked on areas such as business combinations and goodwill. Clair is a chartered accountant in both England and Wales and Canada.

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