Our People

Michael Cadesky
FCA, FTIHK, TEP

Professional Status

  • Managing partner, Cadesky and Associates, Canadian and International Tax Specialists, Toronto
  • In full-time income tax practice since 1980
  • Chair, Lee, Cadesky & Company Limited, International Tax Consultants, Hong Kong
  • Elected Fellow of Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA Designation)
  • Past Governor, Canadian Tax Foundation
  • Immediate Past Chairman, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP Worldwide)
  • Author of numerous papers on Canadian and international taxation
  • Editor-in-Chief, Taxation of Real Estate in Canada (Carswell)
  • Frequent speaker at professional seminars in Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia
  • Lecturer and media commentator on tax issues
  • Specialist in international tax matters, with knowledge of numerous tax systems around the world
  • Adviser on tax policy and administration to Minister of National Revenue, Auditor General, Department of Finance, and Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

Memberships

  • Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
  • Canadian Tax Foundation
  • Fellow, Taxation Institute of Hong Kong
  • Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
  • International Fiscal Association

Academic Background

  • CICA In-Depth Tax Course, 1983
  • Chartered Accountant (Ontario), 1980
  • Master of Business Administration - Accounting, Finance, and Economics, York University, 1978
  • Recipient of Ontario Graduate Scholarship and Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Bachelor of Science - Physics and Applied Mathematics (First Class Combined Honours), York University, 1976