Ken Buttenham
National International Tax Leader, PwC Canada
Ken is a Partner and leader of PwC Canada’s International Tax Services practice. He is based in Toronto.
From a client perspective, Ken specializes in providing outbound and inbound international tax advice to large multinational corporations. He regularly assists Canadian companies with the acquisition, structuring, reorganization and financing of their foreign affiliates. He also assists non-resident companies with the acquisition, structuring, reorganization and financing of their Canadian operations.
From a professional perspective, Ken has authored numerous articles for the Federated Press, CCH and the Canadian Tax Foundation and is currently co-editor of the International Tax Planning Feature of the Canadian Tax Journal. He is the 2015 winner of the prestigious Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award presented by the Canadian Tax Foundation and is a regular speaker at tax conferences on Canadian international tax matters, including conferences sponsored by the Canadian Tax Foundation, the International Fiscal Association (Canadian Branch) and the Tax Executives Institute. Ken is also currently an active councillor of the Canadian Branch of the International Fiscal Association.
Ken holds an accounting degree from the University of Waterloo and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.
