About Us

The Team

Senior FocusROI personnel include:

Stuart Hartley, FCA, CA•IT President

Stuart is a chartered accountant in both the UK and Canada. He has also worked extensively in the United States.

Prior to joining FocusROI, he was a senior audit Partner with BDO Dunwoody LLP. During that time he:

Performed numerous audit engagements for large and small entities including public companies and government agencies.
Performed consulting engagements ranging from organizing Board of Director retreats, feasibility studies, risk management, operational reviews, IT services and internal audit.
Served as VP Ontario for the Canadian Soft Drink Association. This role involved presentations to politicians and senior staff of government ministries, making speeches and being the industry spokesperson for the press.
member of the CICA’s Auditing Standards Committee
Was the National Director of Accounting and Auditing and member of the BDO international audit committee. He helped develop BDO’s international audit methodology and has trained extensively on auditing practice and CaseWare implementation around the world.
Received in 1991 the BDO International medal for outstanding service to the international firm.

Before BDO, Stuart spent two years with the Auditor General of Canada where he developed methodology for performing value-for-money assignments.

Stuart is the author of the CICA’s Professional Engagement Manual, the CICA’s Quality Assurance Manual and “Risk Management Toolkit for not for profit executives”. He is also a popular speaker and trainer. He has written many articles.

Stuart is a Board member for a number of entities and chair of the audit committee at The Peoples Church

Marcus A. Guenther, MBA, CA - Vice President

Marcus is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto, as well as Masters in Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Marcus has had extensive experience in both performing audits and in being audited. Prior to joining FocusROI, he was a senior audit manager at BDO Dunwoody LLP and as Manager of Financial Reporting in for a large multinational automotive parts manufacturer.

At BDO Marcus was responsible for performing audit, tax, and accounting engagements for entities ranging from municipal and provincial government, manufacturing, high-tech, and distribution. He also performed engagements to improve operational efficiency and internal control

As financial reporting manager Marcus was involved in:

Preparation and review of consolidated financial statements
Visits to review results of overseas subsidiaries
Working with the external auditor
Preparation of the MD&A
Development of the financial reporting systems
Special projects such as acquisitions and mergers.

He is the co-author of the CICA Professional Engagement Manual and teaches Accounting, IFRS, Auditing and Assurance courses for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

Marcus is the treasurer for Homes First Foundation.

Stephanie Ki – Business Analyst

Stephanie Ki,has a wide range of expertise ranging from day to day Project Management to writing and preparing communications. Stephanie has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Political Science as well as two post-graduate certificates in Project Management and Public Relations.

Stephanie has worked with Stuart Hartley in a consulting environment for approximately ten years. She has led a number of successful engagements in both the public and private sector. Prior to joining FocusROI Inc., Stephanie was a consultant with the Information Technology arm of BDO Dunwoody LLP.

Stephanie is responsible for the overseeing many of FocusROI’s projects and much of the behind the scenes administration. She specializes in managing all aspects of a project, business process re-engineering, research and document review. Stephanie also has skills in client relationship management, project research, specification gathering, and needs assessments.