Get to Know Us
Donald M. Spence, FCA, FCBV, C.ARB
- Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia
- Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
- Chartered Arbitrator, ADR Institute of Canada
- Member of the British Columbia Arbitration and Mediation Institute
- Past President of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators (CICBV)
- Past Member of CICBV Board of Directors
- Past Chair of the CICBV Accreditation Committee
- Past Member of the CICBV Education Committee and Regulatory Issues Committee
Mr. Spence has been involved exclusively in business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, litigation support including alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and related matters since 1985. Mr. Spence has acted on behalf of companies involved in virtually every industry throughout Canada as well as acting as an arbitrator on issues involving business valuations and financial matters. He has qualified as an expert witness and given testimony in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Expropriation Compensation Board of British Columbia and at various financial arbitration hearings. He has also served as a part-time member of the Expropriation Compensation Board of British Columbia.
Mr. Spence has lectured at various professional development seminars for the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, the University of Toronto (MBA Program), McGill University (Chartered Accountants Uniform Final Examination Preparatory Program), the Appraisal Institute of Canada, various Canadian Chartered Banks, the Canadian Association of Financial Advisors and the Certified General Accountants Association. Mr. Spence was the Editor of the Business Valuator and a facilitator of the Valuation Law Review, quarterly and semi-annual publications published by the CICBV. He contributed to the books Mergers and Acquisitions of Privately-Held Businesses, The Valuation and Pricing of Privately-Held Business Interests and Canada Valuation Service as well as authoring articles in the Business Sales and Acquisitions Digest, The Bottom Line, and Okanagan Business Magazine.
Mr. Spence can be contacted at dspence@spencevaluation.com.
Derek Sanders, CA, CBV, CFA
- Chartered Business Valuator
- Chartered Accountant
- Chartered Financial Analyst
Mr. Sanders has been working in the area of business valuations, mergers and acquisitions and litigation support services since 2004. He has experience with businesses operating in a variety of industries including a broad range of manufacturing industries, service, construction, distribution, technology, and retail.
Mr. Sanders is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., and the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute. He was the silver medalist when he wrote his national CBV exam and placed in the Top 10 in B.C. when he completed his C.A. exams.
Mr. Sanders can be contacted at dsanders@spencevaluation.com.
Tracey Harrop-Printz, CGA
- Certified General Accountant
- Bachelor of General Studies, Simon Fraser University
Ms. Harrop-Printz has broad financial and legal experience having spent her initial years with a large national law firm and more recently with a specialty insurance law firm. Ms. Harrop-Printz also has extensive financial experience with controllership functions at a large real estate company and internationally at a multi-location retailer. She also has significant experience as a litigation support consultant for a large national accounting firm.
Her controllership functions included responsibilities for financial reporting, treasury, and taxation and her litigation support experience includes preparation of financial analysis models, financial statement projections, income determinations, and business valuation report writing.
Ms. Harrop-Printz can be contacted at tprintz@spencevaluation.com.
