Angela.Maltese@ca.gt.com

Angela (Angie) Maltese is a partner at Grant Thornton LLP, one of Canada's leading professional services firms providing business and accounting advisory services.  She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree.  She was the 1985 recipient of the Dean Braun Medal from Lakehead University.  She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Arts Council and was appointed in 2009.  She chairs the Ontario Arts Council's Finance and Audit Committee, and is member of their governance committee.  Her grandfather, Giovanni Maltese, and her grandmother, Angelina Baccari, emigrated from Calabria to Canada in the early 1900's.  Her family owns Maltese Grocery, a Thunder Bay Institution specializing in Italian fine foods and meats, and celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012.