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Matthew Taylor (Finance)

Matthew "Matt" Adam Huntley Taylor (born January 28, 1983) is a designated professional Chartered Accountant with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and VP - Finance of The Huntley Group. A former baseball and basketball standout in high school and college, Matthew has been nominated to the "Top 30 Under 30" and Kingston, Ontario's "Most Eligable Bachelor". Matthew has also begun penning his first novel rumoured to be a "somewhat" fictitious story of his college and early professional life.

Education

Matthew attended East Northumberland Secondary School in Brighton, Ontario where he excelled both academically and athletically. Matthew, along with being a first-class honours student, received awards for Top Business Student and Top Economics Student upon graduation. During his senior year, Matthew was scouted by numerous Canadian Universities to play basketball. Matthew was also a highly regarded baseball player winning multiple awards on the provincial level.

Matthew attended the University of Ottawa on an academic scholarship. Matthew began his studies in International Management, however switched to Accounting in his second year. Matthew graduated from the University of Ottawa with Honours in May of 2006. Matthew is now enrolled at the University of London and the London School of Economics where he is studying to receive his Master's in Economics.

Professional Career

Matthew was recruited by the accounting firm Deloitte and Touche LLP out of university and began work at the Ottawa, Ontario firm that September. During this time, Matthew studied to become a Chartered Accountant, and successfully achieved this designation in May of 2009.

Though public accounting was his primary source on income from 2006-2009, Matthew, along with his father, worked hard to grow The Huntley Group, a small real-estate management and investment company, into a mutli-million dollar holding company now in charge of multiple residential and commercial properties along Eastern Ontario. In 2009, upon completing his professional designation, Matthew became Vice-President of Finance of the Huntley Group at only 26 years of age.

In 2009, Matthew left Deloitte and Touche LLP and joined March Networks Corporation (TSX: MN). Matthew was hired as Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting. With little professional experience, Matthew led the company through its conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and within 8 months was promoted to Director of Finance, Financial Reporting.

Matthew left his post as Director of Financial Reporting in 2010 to take on a position with Empire Life where he currently works.

Personal Life

After his move back to Kingston in 2010, Matthew was nominated as one of Kingston, Ontario "Most Eligible Bachelors". Matthew still holds residents in both Ottawa, Ontario and with his family in Brighton, Ontario. Sources have yet to confirm a third residence in Las Vegas, Nevada. Matthew is currently working on authoring his first novel rumoured to be a "somewhat" fictitious story of his college and early professional life.