Richard Gareau

Richard Gareau has over 18 years of work experience in various financial roles. Richard is currently working as the Director of Global Technology Finance at McCain Foods, a position they have held since 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Fractional CFO/COO from 2018. From 2020 to 2022, they were the Vice President of Finance at Rally. Before that, they had a long tenure at Sun Life Financial, where they served as the Director of Business Finance for IT Finance and Shared Business Services. Richard also has experience from Loblaw Companies Limited, where they held roles as the Director of IT Finance and Director of Business Controls/IT Portfolio Manager. Richard started their career as a Senior Manager at CIBC Mellon in 2005.

Richard Gareau holds an MBA degree in General Management from the Smith School of Business at Queen's University. Richard also obtained a CPA, CMA certification from the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada). In addition, Richard has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from York University. Richard has further enhanced their skills by completing the Learning Data Governance certification from LinkedIn, which they obtained in 2023.