Phil Cowperthwaite, Partner, Cowperthwaite Mehta
Phil Cowperthwaite is a partner of Cowperthwaite Mehta, a public accounting firm in Toronto. His primary area of practice is providing audit services to small not-for-profit organizations. He also provides assurance and tax services to a number of non-public commercial entities. Before founding his firm in 1986, Phil worked for Ernst & Young in Toronto and The Hague and Amsterdam, Netherlands providing assurance services to public and multi-national clients. Phil became a member of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) in 2006. He chaired the IAASB Task Forces to clarify ISA 220, Quality Control for an Audit of Financial Statements and International Standard on Quality Control (ISQC) 1, Quality Controls for Firms that Perform Audits and Reviews of Financial Statements, and Other Assurance and Related Services Engagements and to issue ISA 265, Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to Those Charged with Governance and Management. Since 1986, Phil has been actively involved in setting auditing and assurance standards with the CICA. He has served as a member of the Canadian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB) and has been a member of the AASB's Audit Risk Advisory Group and of a group writing a CICA audit technique study entitled Audit of a Small Entity.
 
  Eric Turner, CA - Principal, Auditing and Assurance Standards, CICA
Eric Turner has served as a principal in the Auditing and Assurance Standards department at the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants for 15 years. He provides staff support to the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and is responsible for a number of standards projects including those dealing with audit reports under the new Canadian Auditing Standards. Eric recently participated in International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board projects dealing with external confirmations. As a member of the CICA’s Canadian Auditing Standards transition team, Eric assists in the development of information and learning resources on the transition to the new international auditing standards.