Gary Connolly

Gary is a partner in the Ottawa CPA firm, Crowe BGK LLP with offices in Ottawa and Montreal. The firm is an affiliate of Crowe Horwath International, and when combined they are ranked as the eighth largest firm worldwide with offices in 130 countries.

In 1978 Gary began his accounting career in the industry with Cadbury Schweppes Powell. His professional life in Public Accounting began in 1981 articling with a Toronto, CA Firm while at the same time completing a university degree at night. Gary received his Chartered Accountant designation in 1985.

He moved to the Ottawa Valley in 1989 from Toronto with his young family to take a job in the industry as Controller. In 1990 he joined Weldon Connolly to be succeeded by Connolly & McNamara in 2000 prior to merging with Crowe BGK in August 2015. His area of practice includes an interest in corporate reorganizations, purchase and sale transactions, valuations, use of trusts, estate planning, corporate and personal tax planning and succession planning.