Mr. Francis is a retired (2007) senior partner of the Toronto office of Deloitte & Touche, having enjoyed an extensive career in public accounting. During his 39 years of public accounting experience, and 30 years as a partner, he focused on financial statement audits and securities engagements of companies operating in the resources, retail, manufacturing, electronics and real estate industries.
Mr. Francis led the Deloitte & Touche Resource Sector Mining Group practice providing a complete range of services to companies in the metals/mining sector. Mr. Francis also has vast experience in engagement management and audit reporting, with a variety of Canadian public companies and SEC registrants, including multi-billion dollar multinationals, and major Canadian subsidiaries of foreign (U.S. and U.K.) public companies.
