Russell Bedford Quebec Firm FBL Announces New Appointments

Press Release • Jul 10, 2014

Two new associate partners appointed in Quebec City and Drummondville offices

London, July 10, 2014 (Newswire.com) - FBL SENCRL Chartered Professional Accountants, the Montreal member firm of Russell

Bedford International, has announced the appointment of two associate partners –

Olivier Fleury-Bellavance and Ghislaine Guilbault – based in the firm’s Quebec City and

Drummondville offices.

Olivier Fleury-Bellavance qualified in 2005, joining accountants Girard Lavoie Mooney

in 2008 prior to the firm's merger with FBL in 2014. His focus is on assurance

assignments for clients in sectors such as manufacturing, real estate, construction and

retail. He also has expertise in business financing, start-ups, mergers and

acquisitions, financial planning and corporate reorganisation.

Ghislaine Guilbault has lead her own assurance team since 2012, focusing on the

transportation, construction, information technology and manufacturing sectors.

FBL partner Marcel Bergeron commented: “As an associate partner, you have to be able to

pass the torch, to not only transmit knowledge, but also passion. Both Ghislaine and

Olivier share these values and aptly represent the committed new guard we wish to have

within our firm.”

Established in 1981, FBL has become one of Quebec’s leading and fastest-growing

accounting firms, with around 15 partners and a staff of 200 serving SMEs and

entrepreneurs from its offices in in Montreal, Quebec City, Brossard, Drummondville,

Acton Vale and Farnham.

Notes to Editors

About Russell Bedford International

Established in 1983, Russell Bedford International is a global network of independent

firms of accountants, auditors, tax advisers and business consultants. Ranked amongst

the world’s leading accounting and audit networks, Russell Bedford is represented by

some 600 partners, 5000 staff and 290 offices in more than 100 countries in Europe, the

Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Russell Bedford International is a

member of the IFAC Forum of Firms and a member of EGIAN, the European Group of

International Accounting Networks and Associations.

Contacts:

Marcel Bergeron
FBL, s.e.n.c.r.l., Chartered Professional Accountants
T: +1 514 875 0693
E: marcel.bergeron@fbl.com
W: www.fbl.com

Kempton Bedell-Harper
Russell Bedford International
T: +44 20 7410 0339
E: info@russellbedford.com
W: www.russellbedford.com