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Jay Hutchison

EY Canada Managing Partner, Greater Toronto Area and Chief Development Officer

An innovative leader, providing tax and advisory assistance to clients operating in complex global environments.

Jay is the Office Managing Partner of the Greater Toronto Area and Chief Development Officer at EY Canada. Under his leadership, EY has made multiple strategic acquisitions to expand the firm’s capabilities. Jay’s also the executive sponsor for EY Canada's strategic technology-based alliances, including SAP, Microsoft and OpenText.

Based in Toronto, Jay brings over 26 years of experience providing professional services to clients operating in complex global environments. He’s been a global client serving partner for some of EY’s largest accounts in the consumer products and retail, technology and energy sectors.

He was a member of EY’s Canadian Executive Committee for the past nine years. He first joined EY in 1993, and previously served as the Managing Partner, Markets (2013-19), Canadian Tax Managing Partner (2010-13), Calgary Market Leader (2007-10) and Canadian Human Capital Leader (2004-06). He’s also been a member of EY’s Canadian Partnership Board and the Americas and Global Advisory Councils.

In the community, Jay is the Chair for the Pathways to Education Graduation Ball and is an active member of the President’s Club with the United Way. He was an executive member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Tax Foundation and a member of the CPA Canada (formerly CICA) Tax Committee. He was also previously the technical tax editor for CA Magazine.

How Jay is building a better working world

“I enable our teams to collaborate and solve our clients’ toughest issues. Placing large emphasis on engagement, I support the necessary learning and development opportunities to build critical skills from within, so that our teams can bring their best to our clients every day. I’m finding innovative ways to engage with our people and have them attend more events, connect with clients and take on new challenges in the market. In turn, this strategically enables our people to go-to-market smarter and better than ever before.”

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