Edmonton

Alan Jacobson was born in Cape Town, South Africa and qualified as a South African Chartered Accountant in 1973. He obtained his Masters Degree in Business Administration at the University of Cape Town in 1985.

He then worked for 11 years in the health care industry as chief Financial Officer for a group of private hospitals in South Africa. Thereafter he spent five years with the Cape Town office of Arthur Andersen prior to emigrating to Canada in March 2002.

Selwyn (Ram) Romanovsky, FCA is one of the founders of Romanovsky & Associates LLP, having been with the firm for a period of in excess of forty (40) years. During this time he was instrumental in helping the firm grow from a staff complement of four employees to greater than sixty (60) accountants and administrative staff. Ram has built up a loyal following amongst the clients, dealing with their business matters, tax affairs and financing objectives.

He has been an active member of the Alberta Institute of Chartered Accountants, serving on a volunteer basis as a member of the Complaints Investigation Committee (CIC), in addition to serving as an investigator, looking at complaints lodged by the public against the members of the institute. Ram has actively served the community he lives in by serving in many volunteer positions, both in the leadership and a fund-raising position. In this regard, he has served as President and Chairman of many of these bodies. In 2010, in the 100th year of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta (ICAA), Ram was honored for his contribution to the community and the profession, with the profession’s highest recognition, the ‘Fellow of Chartered Accountant’ designation.