Building purpose into our organizations builds resiliency into our business.

Yann Lavallée Yann Lavallée

EY Canada Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services Leader

Community builder. Experienced auditor. Passionate about accounting. Avid cyclist who loves nothing more than hitting the open road to discover new places close to home, or abroad.

A new kind of convergence is driving next-level opportunities right across the technology, media and entertainment, and telecommunications (TMT) industry. As an EY Canada Partner who leads our cross-service team TMT practice in the East, Yann works with clients to understand that ecosystem, and evolve to thrive within it.

Since joining EY in 1998, Yann has built a dynamic career working across every technology subsectors, from hardware and software (including SaaS) to gaming and technology services. Yann also has extensive experience with media and entertainment and telecommunication companies. He’s cultivated extensive audit experience working with public and private clients in Canada, and abroad – including one year in our EY Belfast office. From large, high-growth clients to agile private businesses: Yann leads and coordinates international audit teams for companies whose operations extend across every continent, and every corner of the world. He’s also worked on various transactions, financings, valuations, and business acquisitions. Yann brings extensive experience with Canadian Accounting Standards for Private Enterprise (ASPE), IFRS, US GAAP and related transitions.

Yann is a Chartered Professional Accountant in Québec, and a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois. He holds both a Bachelor’s degree in business administration and a diploma in public accountancy from HEC Montréal. Committed to cultivating next-gen talent, Yann leads training sessions on audit methodology and accounting topics, and has been a regular speaker at the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés since 2008. 

How Yann is building a better working world

“I believe it’s the combined power of the little things and the big things each of us does that helps make for a better working world. For me, some days that means guiding a client through a complex accounting or valuation question that will help their company get where it hopes to go. Other days, it’s spending time as a board member of MU, where we focus on beautifying the city through murals anchored in the local community. Whether it’s clients or the community, the sum of our efforts makes a real impact.”

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