John Newlands B Comm., MBA, CPA, CA John combines over 30 years of finance experience from both sides of the market. John has extensive experience as a CPA on the client side at top firms, as well as, most recently, a senior FX trader within Velocity Trade's Toronto headquarters. John is an engaging speaker with years of experience as a practical resource for McMaster University, The University of Toronto and the Schulich School of Business. John was VP Finance in the forestry division of Noranda, managed the foreign exchange exposure for Noranda, lectured accounting at McMaster University and the University of Toronto, developed and taught a 2 day Foreign Exchange course at the Schulich School of Business. John has managed foreign exchange risk for hedge funds, private and public companies for the clients of Refco and MF Global.