Treasurer (ON)
Robert has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Bishop’s University, a Chartered
Professional Accountant designation, and has been an accountant for the past 18 years
including his current role as Accounting Manager at Grafton Apparel. His accounting experience
allowed him to implement process improvements and new systems, while being exposed to the
full accounting cycle including financial reporting, treasury, budgeting, payables, receivables,
inventory, and payroll.
He has been passionate about bicycles, numbers, and civic engagement since his childhood in
Moncton, New Brunswick and is bilingual in English and French. He currently lives in Toronto,
Ontario where he writes the Two Wheeled Politics bike blog and volunteers with various
community causes; including being a former board member at Cycle Toronto and a co-founder
of Community Bikeways. Some initiatives he has worked on include calling for increased
municipal cycling funding, tracking bike lane installations, bike lane projects such as on Bloor
Street, and resisting provincial anti-bike legislation.