Our History

1986

Original office opens

MacKay & Partners, Yellowknife opens an office in Iqaluit supervised by Andrew Waywell

1992

New firm name

MacKay Landau is created by Andrew Waywell, MacKay & Partners and Fuller Landau

1994

Early expansion

Philip Clark joins Andrew Waywell as a partner of the firm

1999

Birth of a territory

Nunavut is born

2001

Arctic adventure begins

An Arctic adventure begins – Shawn Lester joins Andrew Waywell and Philip Clark as a partner after joining the firm as an employee in Dec. 2000

2003

Contractor to partner

Contractor to partner – Andrew Plunkett becomes a partner of the firm

2004

Philip Clark retires

A change for family – Philip Clark retires as a partner of the firm

2007

Andrew Plunkett retires

A move to the South – Andrew Plunkett retires as a partner of the firm

2012

Founding partner retires

Founding partner retires – Andrew Waywell retires as a partner of the firm

2012

100% Nunavut owned

100% Nunavut owned – Mackay LLP and Fuller Landau LLP withdraw as part owners of the firm

2012

New Partners

New energy in managing the firm - Geoffrey Oliver and Debbie Lyng join Shawn Lester as partners of the firm

2012

Expansion

Expansion into Rankin Inlet – The firm expands by opening an office in Rankin Inlet

2013

New Name

Same exceptional service but with a new name – MacKay Landau changes its name to Lester Landau

2016

Celebrating 30 years

Celebrating 30 years of serving Nunavut from Nunavut

2017

Geoffrey Oliver

Geoffrey Oliver leaves the partnership to explore life beyond public accounting

2022

Debbie Lyng

Debbie Lyng retires from partnership and stays on as a Senior Manager of the firm

2022

Structure Change

Our partnership changed to Lester Landau Accounting Professional Corp. and we are still known as Lester Landau Chartered Professional Accountants.

2023

Baker Tilly Canada

In late 2023 we joined the Baker Tilly Canada network.


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