Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (RCGT)

Type	Limited liability partnership
Founded	1948
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Key people	Jacques Raymond (founder), Guy Chabot (founder), Guy Martin, Jacques Paré
Products	Audit, Consulting, Insolvency
Revenue	593,7 millions CAD (2006)
Net income	113,7 millions CAD (2006)
Employees	2 300
Website	RCGT
References: Accounting business

Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (RCGT) is a Quebec-based accounting firm, the largest independent accounting firm in Quebec, and one of the largest in Canada, with over 95 offices across Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick.^[1]

The firm offers a wide range of services, including insurance and taxation advice, strategic consulting, private management, human resources consulting, real estate consulting, performance consulting, occupational health and safety consulting, as well as recovery and reorganization consulting. Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton is also active in the insolvency business.^[2]

History

The head office of Raymond Chabot Grand Thornton is located in Tour de la Banque Nationale.

The firm was founded in Montreal in 1948 by Jacques Raymond and Guy Chabot under the name Raymond Chabot. In the 1950s, the firm took on two additional partners, Guy Martin and Jacques Paré, and changed its name to Raymond Chabot Martin Paré. Mr. Raymond was the firm's first CEO, and he retained that post until his retirement in 1980. Mr. Raymond was succeeded by Mr. Serge Saucier that year. Mr. Saucier was succeeded by Mr. Richard Payette and then Mr. Jean Robillard.

Today, the firm is associated with the Chicago-based accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP, one of the largest outside of the Big Four, comprising a global network of 30,000 employees.^[3] This association prompted the firm to change its name to Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton.

RCGT is also active in its community, both in education^[4] and the arts.^[5] It also contributed to policy reforms such as proposed changes to the Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards in Canada.^[6]

Products

• Certification
• Taxation
• Corporate finance
• Real estate consulting
• Strategic consulting
• Private management
• Performance
• Human resources
• Occupational health and safety
• Insolvency

External links

• Official website of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
• Grants by Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

References

1. ^ "RCGT-About Us". http://www.rcgt.com/Aboutus.aspx?NavID=117&CultureCode=en. 
2. ^ "RCGT-Services". http://www.rcgt.com/Services.aspx?NavID=15&CultureCode=en. 
3. ^ "Grant Thornton International". http://www.gti.org/About-us/Fast-facts/index.asp. 
4. ^ "HEC sponsorship by Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton". http://www.hec.ca/campus/edifices/cote_sainte_catherine/1er_etage/salles_cours/raymond-chabot-grant-thornton.html. 
5. ^ "Arts sponsoring by Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton". http://www.zone-art.ca/component/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,89/year,2009/month,08/day,12/Itemid,37/. 
6. ^ "Ontario Securities Commission". http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/documents/en/Securities-Category5-Comments/com_20091224_52-107_jagtj.pdf. 

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