Client stories

A respected Canadian mining company with operations throughout the Americas engaged Doane Grant Thornton LLP (Canada) and the broader Grant Thornton International network to assist their internal audit team.

Our client—the Canadian arm of a non-profit—had a former employee divert more than $1M CAD to several different personal bank accounts.

Our client—a Canadian-based videogame distributor with operations throughout the Americas—noted discrepancies with their inventory flows. One of our client’s subsidiaries—which was operated by a business partner—gave the head office a range of complex documentation and accounting that made the discrepancies difficult to isolate. The head office was concerned that the complex accounting was used to conceal fraud—which was further complicated by the fact that the business partner was critical to their Latin American operations. The situation called for expertise in forensic accounting and a sensitive, collaborative mindset.

This transaction represents the largest investment in the seafood industry by an Indigenous group in Canada. Membertou First Nation, in partnership with six other Atlantic Canadian Mi’kmaq First Nations, had the opportunity to partner with Premium Brands—a North American specialty food manufacturer and distributor—to acquire 50% of Clearwater, a global wild-caught seafood company.

Our client—a not-for-profit organization—recognized they would benefit from having an end-to-end technology strategy to help guide the future of the organization. Key people across the organization identified processes that were inefficient and slowed employees’ productivity.