Neil Cockburn
Neil has 40+ years of experience in public practice advisory services. He specializes in business advisory for family enterprises, owner-managed businesses, and not-for-profits, offering accounting, tax, family continuity, succession, and estate planning, financing and business purchase/sale advice, and terminal/estate tax return preparation. Neil has advised on some of KRP’s largest client sales, divestitures, and advises multi-generational family businesses.
Education
- Family Enterprise Advisor (FEA), 2024
- Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) and Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA), 2018
- Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP), 2003
- Certified Financial Planner (CFP), 1998
- Chartered Accountant, Alberta, 1984
- Bachelor of Commerce, University of Alberta, 1981
Experience
Neil has significant experience in providing services to many business with concentration of experience with real estate developers and investors, medical and health professionals, the construction industry, and Not-for-Profit organizations. He works closely with many family enterprises and advises on intergenerational wealth transfers for these families.
Neil is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP), and more recently a Family Enterprise Advisor (FEA). Neil has been recognized as a Fellow with an FCPA/FCA designation for outstanding leadership in student and member education and community service.
Professional & Community Activities
- Finance Committee, Rotary Club of Edmonton Riverview
- Treasurer and Member, Executive Committee - Mountson Securities Inc.
- Finance and Risk Management (FARM) Committee, Windermere Golf & Country Club
- Member, Awards Nomination Committee – CPA Alberta
- Finance Committee, River Valley Alliance
- Treasurer, MTRS Club Soccer Society