Our leaders

Our leaders represent distinguished excellence and they encourage it within the firm.

Through living Deloitte’s shared values our leaders inspire a talented and positive work environment, allowing us to build on our successes. They’re a key part of what makes Deloitte a place where great people come together to do great work.

Alan MacGibbon

Managing Partner and Chief Executive      

Alan MacGibbon is the Managing Partner and Chief Executive of Deloitte in Canada. Originally from Newfoundland, Alan has held a number of key national positions in Deloitte and has worked in our offices in Saint John, Halifax and Toronto. He joined a predecessor firm, Touche Ross, in 1978 after graduating from the University of New Brunswick.

By the time Alan received his CA from the New Brunswick Institute in 1981, he had extensive auditing experience with companies in oil refining, shipbuilding, transportation and manufacturing. In 1984, Alan transferred to the Halifax office, serving primarily owner-managed and entrepreneurial clients. He became an audit partner in 1989, one year before the Touche Ross/Deloitte Haskins & Sells merger. In 1992 he assumed the leadership of the consulting practice in Atlantic Canada. In 1996, Alan led the creation of the National Management Solutions business for Canada.

In 2000, he became Group Managing Partner of the Growth and Markets group, allowing him to bring greater focus and clarity to the Canadian marketplace initiatives and the firm’s growth strategy. He was appointed Group Managing Partner for the greater Toronto area in July 2003, and was elected the Managing Partner and Chief Executive in June 2004. In addition, Alan is the representative of the Canadian firm on the DTTL Executive and is one of the Canadian representatives on the DTTL Board of Directors. In 2006, he was designated a “Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants,” or FCA — the highest honour awarded to Ontario Chartered Accountants. 

Glenn Ives

Chairman 

Glenn Ives is the chairman of Deloitte in Canada, a role he assumed in June 2010. Born in England, Glenn attended the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, graduating in 1984 and becoming Ontario’s UFE gold medalist. Moving from his first employer, Clarke, Henning & Co. to Coopers & Lybrand in 1985, Glenn spent a year in Toronto and almost two in the United Kingdom. He returned to Canada in 1987 and joined TVX Gold Inc. the following year.

In 1993, he became director and chief financial officer of Vancouver-based Vengold Inc., travelling to the company’s operations in Latin America, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. In 1999, Glenn joined Deloitte as a partner and audit specialist in the financial institutions sector.  Using his industry background, he led the transformation of Deloitte’s mining practice into one of Canada’s largest professional services groups dedicated to the sector.

Glenn’s work in the community has its roots in decades of coaching hockey and soccer teams.  He has been Deloitte’s Vancouver United Way leader. He also introduced Impact Day in his home office as a way to involve articling students before it became a national Deloitte initiative. Glenn has been a member of the Board of the International Financial Centre of B.C. for eight years, spending five years on its executive committee. Glenn is also an active member of West Vancouver United Church.

Luc Villeneuve 

President, Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche

A partner of the Quebec Audit practice at Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche since 1985, Luc Villeneuve is a member of the Board of Directors and one of the Canadian Vice-Chairs of Deloitte. Luc is a leader in the business community. He is also recognized and respected by a large number of Quebec’s business leaders.

Over the years, he has held various managerial and professional positions within the firm. He was the Director of Operations of Quebec’s Audit practice, which is made up of close to 1,100 people, and was in charge of the firm’s strategy with respect to the primary role of certifying financial information and ensuring compliance with the securities regulations for public and private organizations.

Luc is very committed to the community, and he has participated in several fundraising campaigns, including those for HEC Montreal of 2004-2005 and 2005-2006, where he served as Chairman. He is currently a member of the fundraising campaigns for the Montreal Cancer Institute and the Mental Illness Foundation. He sits on the boards of directors of the Institute of Corporate Directors (Chairman of the Quebec chapter), the Cercle des Amis des petits frères des Pauvres (Vice-Chair), the Société Pro Musica (Treasurer) and the Club Saint-Denis (Vice-Chair). He is also a board member of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec.

In 2006, Luc obtained the title of Fellow of the Order of Chartered Accountants (FCA) as recognition for his outstanding contribution to the profession and the community.