As clients navigate ongoing change and rapidly evolving markets, we help them seize opportunities to create long-term value and drive growth while, together, shaping the future with confidence.

Jad Shimaly

EY Global Managing Partner – Client Service

Passionate about helping clients shape and implement an innovative transformation agenda on a global scale. Committed to promoting socioeconomic change. Lebanese Canadian. Husband and proud father.

Areas of focus

As EY Global Managing Partner – Client Service, Jad leads our four EY service lines – Assurance, Consulting, Strategy and Transactions and Tax – and our Markets organization, ensuring consistent delivery and teaming across EY and an exceptional client experience.

Previously holding the position of Chair, CEO, and Regional Managing Partner at EY Canada, Jad now applies his extensive financial and operational acumen to his current global leadership position. He is instrumental in devising and executing a forward-thinking transformation strategy that spans EY teams diverse capabilities and client base. With a rich background in international markets, Jad provides broad strategic guidance to clients across various industries, spearheading numerous strategic transformations and technology-driven business innovations.

Jad also served as EY Canada region’s Chief Inclusiveness Officer and is a passionate champion of curiosity, diversity, inclusiveness and belonging.

Jad earned his MBA from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and his BS in Business Economics from Notre Dame University in Beirut.

How Jad is building a better working world

“Leading an organization with the capability and mission to build a better working world is an honor. I am dedicated to building diverse teams that provide innovative concepts, services, solutions, and ways of working, all founded on the principles of cooperation, openness, and reliability. Each engagement — whether with our clients, our people or the communities we operate in — presents a chance to create a meaningful and enduring impact.”

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