Our Team
Biswanath Chakrabarty
President
Areas of Expertise:
- Audits, reviews and compilations
- Internal control Policies and procedures development
- Taxation – corporate, personal and GST
- Financial planning – business plans, projections, feasibility study, recovery and restructuring plans
- Strategic planning and performance management
Program reviews
As a long-term Northerner (since 2001), Biswanath possesses over 26 years of combined national and international experience in working with various SMEs, Indigenous organizations, First Nation Bands, Community Governments, and Territorial Governments. Biswanath has recently been appointed as the Financial and Strategic Advisor for Dene Nation. Biswanath has direct working experience with various departments and agencies of the Government of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. He served the Nunavut Housing Corporation for three years and participated as a member with the Interdepartmental Capital Planning Committee (ICPC) of the Government of Nunavut. He has served as the Director for Business Development for the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation for a few years and worked with various manufacturers and businesses of various communities across the territory.
Biswanath currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Board of CPA Association of NWT/Nunavut. He also serves as the Chair Person of the Practice Review Committee of the CPA Association of Northwest Territories/Nunavut.
Mr. Norman Yakeleya is the former National Chief of the Dene Nation with intrinsic knowledge of the indigenous communities, their way of life, culture, and traditions. He is an experienced politician having held varied Government managerial roles. He has been running his own consulting firm and providing various business consulting services as well as Training and Development of Professional skills, especially among the Indigenous community members.
As one of the Lead directors of NSY Consulting Ltd he is aware of the requirements and the market for Consulting and Training Business.
Norman Yakeleya
Indigenous Advisor
Dr. Chehrazade Aboukinane
CEO
Areas of Expertise:
- Project Management and Leadership
- Environmental Engineering
- Water Quality and Quality Engineering
- Research
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
- Engineering Compliance
- Global Reporting Initiatives
- Sustainability
- Watershed Management
- Environmental Assessments
- A lifelong educator and academic leader with more than 25 years of experience in post-secondary program development, management consulting practice, Project Management, Information Technology, and Sciences and Engineering.
- Ph.D. in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications from Texas A&M University
- Master of Science degree in Agricultural Engineering (with environmental specialization)
- Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Systems Engineering; Exec. MBA from Simon Fraser University (SFU)
Isaiah Mutandiwa
B.ACC. HONS (UZ)
Areas of Expertise:
- Audits and reviews
- Business process re-engineering
- Procedures manual development
- Controllership functions
- Internal control development
- System analysis
- Training
Louis Blais
PMP, MBA
Areas of Expertise:
- Solution Selling
- Key Account Management
- New Business Development
- Marketing & Sales Operation
- Cloud Computing
- Project Management
- Operational Management
- Market Research
Ranajit Batabyal
Director Business Development
Areas of Expertise:
Accounting in Sage 50
Business Plan Preparation
CaseWare Template building
Financial data Analysis
Budgeting and Variance Analysis
Business Process Development and Implementation
Team Building and Project Management
Corporate Management
Manual and Policy writing
Dr. Deborah Nixon
Areas of Expertise:
- Organizational development
- Business and strategic planning
- Community consultation
- Market research
- Leadership development
- Change management
- Performance assessment
- Project management
Agamani Chakrabarty
Economist
Areas of Expertise:
- Statistical data analysis and statistical modelling
- Research of various proposed investment
- Enterprise risk modelling
- Analysis of economic and business data
- Data integrity analysis
- Preparation of reports to support the research hypothesis
Meera Basnyat
MBA, CPA, CGA
Areas of Expertise:
- Audits, reviews and compilations
- Assessment of internal control
- Taxation – corporate, personal and GST
Eric Whitworth
Public Sector Consultant
Areas of Expertise:
Program Reviews
Compliance Audits
Corporate Training
Business Process Re-engineering
Policies and Procedures Development
Controllership Functions
Internal Control Development
Kyle Chisholm
Areas of Expertise:
- Audits and reviews
- Compilation
- Internal control procedure
- Bookkeeping and strategy development
- Taxation – corporate and personal
- Training
Suman Basnyat
Accounting and Sage Intacct Advisor
Areas of Expertise:
- Audits, reviews, and compilations
- Internal control and financial procedures development
- Taxation – corporate, personal, and GST
- Financial system setup
- Training
Conrad Hickey
CPA
Areas of Expertise:
- Public Sector Financial Management
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Budgeting
- Accounting in SAGE 300
Partha Chakraborty
Director IT Infrastructure
Areas of Expertise:
IT infrastructure management
Vendor management
Windows server
Network security and firewall
IT operations
Infrastructure planning and design
Paulami Gupta
Areas of Expertise:
- Professional research and writing (Preparation of business proposals and plans, project report, policy and procedure manuals,etc.)
- Project execution including Project based research, analysis, co-ordination and liaison
- Editing of Scientific papers, thesis, conference speeches for language and grammar
- Office administration, co-ordination and basic accounting
- Event management, execution, and comprehensive event co-ordination
Hammad
Amjad
CPA
Areas of Expertise:
- Cash-flow management
- Internal controls
- Financial statement analysis
- Report preparation
- Audit coordination
- Financial transactions management
- Invoice management
