Gregory (Greg) Buck, FCPA, FCA
ELECTED TO FELLOWSHIP
Partner & Founder, KEY Financial Group LLP
- Greatly increased member knowledge through sharing his expertise as a PD instructor, designing PD courses, and acting as an advisor for small public practice firms; as an exemplary mentor, he supported small practitioners to provide service excellence.
- Established CPABC’s Fraser Valley Practitioner Forum, strengthening local practitioners’ professional growth, knowledge, and networks.
- A devoted volunteer with the Abbotsford Rotary Club, led creation of major fundraisers that provided significant community support; with the Abbotsford Airshow Society, including as president, worked tirelessly to stage this premier international event.
Greg is the founding partner of KEY Financial Group LLP in Abbotsford and Kamloops, where he is widely respected as an innovator, known for testing technology that drives efficiency in public practice and generously sharing his extensive knowledge with other small public practitioners.
Greg also inspires the next generation of CPAs as a mentor and educator. In addition to teaching business and accounting at the University of the Fraser Valley for almost two decades, he has instructed and authored numerous CPABC professional development courses since 2004. He’s also an organizer and presenter for CPABC’s Abbotsford Practitioner’s Forum, which he introduced to the Fraser Valley in 2015. Through his myriad efforts, Greg has fostered countless successful CPA careers.
His own career began with a controllership position at Swift Air. Later, as a partner at LGH & Co., he tripled his clientele and guided a merger with MNP; he was then a partner at MNP before founding KEY in 2004.
Greg’s ongoing passion for planes inspired years of volunteerism with the Abbotsford International Airshow, culminating in a term as president. His extensive community service also includes long-standing support of Ducks Unlimited and 20 years as a proud Rotarian.
“Greg made it clear he was available for any discussion on the topics that a young public practitioner might require. This level of commitment is not recorded in the records of professional development but is immeasurable in its impact for those of us growing our practices.”
– Ken Forcier, CPA, CGA, Kenneth A. Forcier CPA Inc.