Paul Fontaine

Paul Fontaine is an accomplished professional who specializes in risk management and control. He holds a B.Com. and MBA from the Telfer School of Management of the University of Ottawa, Canada. In addition, Paul is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, Canada), a Certified Management Consultant (CMC, Canada), and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). He also holds a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) from the Institute of Internal Auditors, and a Professional Certificate in Risk Management from the Sprott School of Business of the Carleton University located in Ottawa. In addition, Paul completed the Canadian Enterprise Risk Management (CRM-E) professional designation of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS).

Paul has thirty years of experience in audit, risk management and control, including three years with Ernst & Young, and seven years with Deloitte Consulting. As a management consultant for more than twenty years, most of his projects involved developing risk profiles, risk management action plans, risk management indicators and reports, risk management and control frameworks, risk management policies and guidelines, and multi-year risk-based audit plans for internal audit functions. In 2016, Paul made a career transition to become an author and publisher. Paul also offers higher education and professional training services in risk management. In addition, he volunteers to speak at academic and professional conferences. In his spare time, Paul enjoys hockey, movies, music, fine arts, performing arts and the company of friends.