Peter is a partner in the Risk Assurance Services (RAS) practice of PwC Canada with over 23
years of experience. He leads PwC's National Digital Trust Solutions practice with a focus on
emerging and disruptive technologies prioritizing on blockchain, robotic process automation,
cyber security and privacy, enterprise cloud technologies and transformation assurance. He sits
on the Canadian RAS leadership team that oversees over 40 partners and 400 professionals in
the practice with day-to-day operations and go to markets responsibilities
Peter has taken on a leadership role in the PwC global network in the area of blockchain and
crypto currency technology enabled assurance offerings, reporting directly to the PwC Global
Clients & Markets Assurance Leader. He has also been leading PwC Canada's blockchain
technology markets and delivery strategy. His specialization includes governance framework
and risk taxonomy design and implementation for emerging and disruptive technologies. In
this capacity, he has consulted with Ontario and Quebec regulators and standard setters in
helping to shape evaluation criteria for new markets entrance. He has been asked to present on
various emerging technology topics at Audit Committees and marquee business conferences.
Peter is also the global IT audit partner for some of PwC most iconic audit clients with head
offices in Canada focused on risks and controls associated with enterprise systems. He led
various ERP implementations, go live support engagements and post implementation reviews
across clients. He also has multiple years of experience auditing the IT systems of Sunnybrook
and St Michael's hospitals.
Peter has served on the Board of CPA Canada's IT Alliance and has recently contributed to CPA
Ontario's thought leadership paper on blockchain / cryptocurrencies. He taught emerging
issues for advance accounting (part time basis) at York University.
Peter is a resident of Thornhill/ Markham for the past 12 years. He is a proud father of daughter
Michaela who is in grade 12 high school and has completed a co-op term at St Michael’s
Hospital Renal Transplant division and volunteered at Sunnybrook St John's Rehabilitation
Centre for 2 years in addition to summer volunteering in Mount Sinai's Pancreatic Cancer
research centre. He is also an active sports Dad supporting son Jonathan's participation in
grade 8 Thornhill Thunder basketball rep program and track training and competition through
York University's Track Club.
He is a graduate of the University of Toronto's Bachelor of Commerce program, Chartered
Accountant from Ontario (CPA. CA) and Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP)>