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Sam Whittaker is an Assurance Partner at EY, leading the National Financial Accounting Advisory Services team.
He has a long history of inspiring inclusiveness initiatives through years of heading up EY’s campus recruiting program, as well as various other practices along the way.
In addition to living inclusiveness each day throughout his national team, Sam also currently serves as EY’s regional champion for diversity, inclusion and equity in Western Canada, with recent focus on the strong fostering of neurodiversity within teams, as well as close ties to EY’s social responsibility practice.
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By focusing on human equity and inclusiveness, in Canada and globally, we are evolving our culture to empower every individual to capitalize on their unique strengths and experiences—and help EY thrive as a result of the richness our people bring into the workplace.
We also champion these values beyond EY’s boundaries.