Ryan is one of two Insurance Industry Specialist in the Compliance Programs Branch at Canada Revenue Agency. In this role he is responsible for providing technical assistance, including training and knowledge transfer, to CRA field auditors as well as establishing national assessing positions to ensure consistency within the industry. Additionally he is responsible for co-ordinating insurance taxation issues with both internal stakeholders (Appeals, Department of Justice, Department of Finance) and external stakeholders (CLHIA, IBC, CALU). Ryan is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science from the University of Calgary. He has been with CRA since 2001, in the insurance audit section since 2012 and has been the Industry Specialist since 2017. In addition to regular CRA responsibilities he recently sat on the Department of Finance working group for IFRS17 implementation and is busy developing IFRS17 training and implementation for CRA field auditors and other staff.