ANNIPIER SIMARD

Senior Manager

DELOITTE

At 27, Annipier Simard was one of the youngest people in Deloitte Canada to be promoted to a senior manager. In her role she serves clients across sectors and industries, leads audits for Saguenay region’s aboriginal communities and is quickly becoming a go-to resource for her colleagues.

“I am proud to be specialized in audit requirements of aboriginal issues.”

“Perseverance, originality and a good sense of humor.”

“The biggest barriers are the barriers we impose on ourselves. We have to believe in ourselves and break down closed doors. It’s the best way to prove that women are able to occupy the same positions as men.”

“Keen. I’ve set myself ambitious targets and I work to reach them. I never give up. I keep working until I’ve reached my goal.”

“To succeed, you need to do what others don’t, do more and do it differently.”

“I am most proud of having, at one time or another, contributed to the development of some of the profession’s best and brightest.”

“Mahatma Gandhi said, ‘ The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others,’ and my father told me to surround myself with people who understand that they won’t get shorter just because someone else gets taller — metaphorically speaking. They taught me that the most important thing you can do as a leader is to lift others.”

“I believe that in some business cultures there remain certain tacit work-

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