Nicholas Cheung

2019 Nick is a professor with the School of Accounting and Financial Services at Seneca College and a senior consultant with The Privacy Pro, a boutique privacy consulting firm. Previously, Nick was the Vice-President, Member Services and Chief Privacy Officer at the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), one of the largest accounting bodies in the world with over 200,000 members. He directed their member value strategy through a portfolio of revenue-generating publications and services to support member needs, and oversaw strategy and operations of CPA Magazine, one of Canada’s most-widely circulated business magazines.

In 2019, was Senior Director, Communications for FP Canada, where he led their efforts to evolve and rebrand the organization which including a new bilingual website and a multi-pronged communications strategy for their new and enhanced financial planning certification requirements.

A strong advocate for financial literacy and privacy, Nick has been featured on numerous TV/radio programs and newspaper articles. He was a contributor to the award-winning A Canadian’s Guide to Money-Smart Living and a contributing author of the Canadian Privacy and Data Security Toolkit for Small & Medium Enterprises.

Experience

• Head of Privacy Training
  The Privacy Pro

• Treasurer
  Governance Professionals of Canada (GPC)

• Professor, School of Accounting and Financial Services (part-time)
  Seneca College

• Senior Director, Communications (interim)
  FP Canada

• CPA Canada (Chartered Professional Accountants Canada)
  Vice-President, Member Services, Publisher, CPA Magazine & Chief Privacy Officer
  Director, Program and Publication Development and Chief Privacy Officer

• Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
  National Practice Area Leader - Sustainability
  Principal

• Strategic Initiatives Manager / Contract
  CPP Investment Board

• Mgr, Reengineering & Outsourcing (contract)
  Ontario Power Generation

• Director, Operations
  Broadridge

• Senior Accountant
  Deloitte

Education

• The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business
  HBA

• University of Waterloo
  Master’s Degree, Accounting

• York University - Schulich School of Business
  Masters Certificate in Project Management