Nigel Jacobs

As Chief Executive Officer of Taylor Leibow, Nigel is responsible for firm management and leadership. He is extensively involved in practice management, strategic plan formulation, implementation, facilitation, change management, corporate governance, identification of new services, potential strategic alliances and human resource management. Nigel oversees the firm operations for both the Hamilton and Burlington offices of over 60 staff and 11 partners. He is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town.

Nigel is an acknowledged expert in the practice management of professional services firms and continues to be involved in speaking engagements including leading benchmarking sessions, practice management seminars and international management panels. He has been quoted and profiled in international and national magazines. Nigel serves on the editorial advisory board of CPA Practice Management Forum, a North American Accounting Publication for which he writes articles on a regular basis. He is only the second Canadian to win the highly prestigious ACE (Achievement, Commitment and Excellence) award for the management of an accounting firm in 2004 from the Association of Accounting Administration (AAA). Nigel is the Director of Education of the AAA based in the USA and is the only Canadian on this Board. Nigel was also elected by his peers to the Board of Governors of CMA Ontario in 2006.

Nigel also believes in participating and assisting in the local community and currently serves as the Director of Finance of Grindstone Church. Nigel is an active member of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce and has served as a member of the Business Awards Task Force for the past four years and was recently elected as a Director at the Chamber. He previously served on the Board of DARTS (Disabled and Aged Regional Transit System) for four years. Nigel feels that this is an excellent way of returning to the community which Taylor Leibow has served for many years.

Email: njacobs@taylorleibow.com
Phone: (905) 645-5550
Fax: (905) 645-5551