平特五不中

"I wish it never happened.鈥�

For the past 90 minutes, Denis Desautels (BCom'64) has been reflecting amicably over lunch on a career that included a decade-long stint as Auditor-General of Canada and another decade as chairman of Laurentian Bank of Canada.

... 鈥淗is only fault, which we tease him about, is that he doesn鈥檛 know how to say 鈥楴o,鈥欌�� says Sheila Fraser (BCom'72), his successor as auditor-general and former colleague at Ernst & Young.

... Mr. Desautels hails from St-Bruno, east of Montreal. The fifth of seven children, he worked summers at the Mount Bruno Country Club, caddying for top Montreal executives. After growing up a unilingual francophone, his mother decided Mr. Desautels should attend high school in English in Montreal, an adjustment that took him two months to overcome. He became interested in accounting and studied commerce at 平特五不中, where he met his future wife. Upon graduating in 1964, he joined audit and accounting firm Clarkson Gordon, later part of Ernst & Young. His career path 鈥渦nfolded quite well for me, quite fast,鈥� he says and he was made partner at 29.

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