Outstanding PricewaterhouseCoopers employees awarded with inaugural CEO Award for the GTA

Nine awards given to distinctive individuals and client teams

September 9, 2009 — PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Canada is proud to announce the recipients of the firm’s inaugural 2009 CEO Award for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The CEO Award is given out in three categories: People, Client and Team, recognizing six individuals and three teams that stand out and have achieved outstanding results for PwC and its clients.

This year’s GTA CEO Award winners’ achievements cover a wide range of activities: from leading PwC’s GTA United Way campaign (which raised over $1 million in 2008); to developing practical solutions that help clients address climate change issues; and, to organizing a clothing drive to support a local orphanage near a client’s site in Kyrgyzstan.

The 2009 CEO Award recipients in the GTA are:

• People Category: Kevin T. Chan, Kim Davies-Rajpaulsingh and Andrew E. Zakharia
• Client Category: Mark Knauf, Wendy Potomski and Jayme T. Yeung
• Team Category: Centerra Gold client team, Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) client team and PwC Canada e-Marketing team

Throughout the year, staff and partners in PwC’s GTA offices are encouraged to submit nominations for the CEO award in each of the three categories. This year’s GTA award recipients were selected from a list of nominees by a regional nomination committee and recognized during a local celebration event.

“The CEO Award recognizes and rewards our PwC individuals and teams who go that extra mile to create business impact and live our firm values of leadership, excellence and teamwork,” says David Forster, PwC GTA managing partner. “We believe it’s important to take the time to recognize those who achieve great results, celebrate their successes and thank our staff for a job well done. We are proud to honour this exceptional group of PwC people who are truly role models for helping make PwC the distinctive professional services firm.”

Recipients of the local office CEO Awards are also eligible to receive the National CEO Award, which honours two PwC Canada staff members and one team who go above and beyond to provide a distinctive experience to PwC’s people and clients. National winners will be announced in a special ceremony on September 14, 2009, and will receive a monetary prize of up to CDN$25,000.