Suky Cheema, CPA, CA

Executive summary

Suky is BDO's Western Region Real Estate and Construction practice leader. She has over 20 years of industry experience managing the financial interests of landowners, land developers, property managers, and residential and commercial landlords.

Suky assists her clients with audit and accounting services. She also helps them with capital funding, financial modelling, financial projections, domestic and international tax planning and tax structuring. She's worked with clients on commercial and residential property developments in Canada, the United States, and internationally. In addition to her private company clients in real estate and construction, she also works with clients in retail, distribution, manufacturing, and professional services.

Suky values her client relationships as equal partnerships in which she strives to produce results strategically aligned with her client's vision. These visions, she maintains, can only be understood and appreciated through a high level of personal attention to clients—many of whom have been with her throughout her long career.

Suky is recognized by Business In Vancouver's BC 500, a list of influential leaders who have had a notable impact on British Columbia's communities, industries, and economy in the area of residential development and investment.

Professional affiliations

Urban Land Institute of British Columbia, Treasurer
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, Council Member
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, Member
Community Impact Real Estate Society, Board Member

Professional designations and education

Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts, Simon Fraser University