Leah Donti founded Advantage Montreal Seminars Inc. in 1991. Leah is an internationally recognized seminar leader in accounting and has been doing seminars full time since 1991 through her seminar business. She conducts in-house training at CA and CPA firms as well as various companies. In addition, she speaks at numerous conferences across North America.

She speaks on IFRS, PE GAAP, corporate tax, personal tax, variable interest entities, accounting and auditing update, revenue recognition, stock options, business combinations, compilation and review, Sarbanes-Oxley, and fair value accounting. She also provides proprietary prep seminars for accounting examinations (CGA, CMA, IQEX and CPA).

She graduated from McGill University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Commerce, in Accounting and Finance. In 1986, she received her CMA designation. In 1991, she obtained her MBA degree from Concordia University in Montreal.

Upon graduation from McGill, she held positions in internal audit and cost accounting with Canadian Pacific, one of the largest companies in Canada.

Prior to beginning her seminar practice in 1991, Ms. Donti worked for DMR, a major information management consulting organization, where she provided training to offices across North America. She also worked with an accounting software firm offering accounting education courses to clients on site.

Leah’s interest in IFRS began in November 1992 where she attended an international accounting conference in Dunedin, New Zealand and chose to learn IFRS starting then. In 1997, she began offering IFRS training.

In 2010, 2011 and 2012, Leah received the Outstanding Discussion Leader Award given by the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants).

In 2012, the Ohio Society of CPAs introduced Leah in its Speaker Hall of Fame to highight the expertise of those speakers that it regularly turns to for the latest information and insight on the topics driving the CPA profession.