Peter Wong, CPA, CGA

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Peter Wong, CPA, CGA

Peter Wong is a seasoned financial executive with nearly four decades of experience spanning both the corporate and not-for-profit sectors. He brings a strategic mindset, operational focus, and steady leadership to every engagement, with a proven ability to guide organizations through transformation, growth, and complex financial challenges. Known for his collaborative style, Peter delivers financial clarity while empowering teams and boards to make confident, informed decisions.

Private-Sector Experience

Peter’s corporate career spans nearly 40 years of progressive leadership across various industries, including professional services, engineering, construction, trucking, and manufacturing. He has served as the senior finance lead in organizations ranging from project-based firms to large-scale processors, providing margin analysis, profitability insights, and strategic direction to support growth and sustainability.

In professional services, Peter spent seven years strengthening financial systems and processes to support organizational expansion, including business planning, profitability analysis across business units, and scenario modelling for new service lines.
In the engineering sector, with a global safety science company, he oversaw project costing, inventory and WIP management, and international reporting requirements.
In construction and trucking, Peter delivered deep margin analysis and profitability insights, guiding leadership with strategic direction on pricing, forecasting, and capital planning.
In manufacturing and processing, for over 14 years, he led cost-control initiatives, implemented operational efficiencies, and advised leadership on financing, mergers and acquisitions, and IPO-related projects.
In project-heavy industries, Peter has managed cash flow forecasting and financial planning to ensure the foresight and discipline required for long-term capital and operating needs.

Not-for-Profit Experience

Peter also brings nine years of senior financial leadership in the not-for-profit sector, where he has helped organizations build sustainable financial foundations while navigating unique funding challenges. His work includes:

Leading a major system migration crisis that shifted a large organization from dependency on an external ecosystem to full independence and self-sufficiency in its financial operations.
Designing budgets, long-range financial plans, and variance analysis frameworks to improve accountability and transparency for executives and boards.
Developing cash flow tools and forecasting models tailored to the complex funding structures of not-for-profits.
Supporting boards and leadership teams in strengthening reporting, oversight, and governance practices to align resources with mission delivery.

Leadership & Approach

Peter has directed and overseen all aspects of finance, including reporting, budgeting, payroll, accounts payable and receivable, purchasing, and treasury, while leading teams of up to thirty professionals. His breadth of experience, spanning both strategic planning and day-to-day financial operations, enables him to bridge high-level vision with practical execution.

Peter is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and obtained his CGA designation in 1993 (merged with CPA in 2014). Based in Ajax, he enjoys spending time with family and friends, travelling extensively, and golfing.