Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 23, 2004
JOHN B. FRIEDRICHSEN, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of FirstService Corporation, joined the company as Vice President,
Acquisitions in February 1998, a position that he held until May 2000
when he became Senior Vice President, Acquisitions. In September 2002,
Mr. Friedrichsen was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of FirstService. Prior to joining FirstService, from October
1996 to February 1998, Mr. Friedrichsen held the position of Vice
President with Ernst & Young Corporate Finance Inc. in Toronto, where he
was responsible for advising companies on a range of corporate finance
matters, including the raising of capital and acquisitions. Prior to
October 1996 and from June 1995, Mr. Friedrichsen held the position of
Vice President at Canadian Corporate Funding Limited, a privately held
merchant and investment bank based in Toronto, where he was responsible
for advising companies on raising private capital. From May 1987 to June
1995, Mr. Friedrichsen held senior lending and credit positions with
National Bank of Canada in the bank's commercial and corporate banking
groups based in Toronto. Mr. Friedrichsen began his career in September
1984 with the chartered accounting firm Thorne Riddell, a predecessor
firm of KPMG, where Mr. Friedrichsen obtained his Chartered Accountant
designation. Profile
like today, and then give us a short history of the company?
Mr. Friedrichsen: FirstService is a diversified services
