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Jean-François Leblanc FCPA auditeur

Regional Managing Partner

Jean-François is MNP’s Regional Managing Partner for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Bas St-Laurent, Côte-Nord, Gaspésie, Abibiti-Témiscamingue, Bathurst, and Acadian Peninsula regions. He provides strategic direction for these regions and leads the firm’s Professional Services team. Jean-François is a proactive business advisor with more than three decades of experience delivering assurance and advisory services to private and public companies of all sizes in all sectors. He offers his clients a wide variety of strategic support services, including business sales and acquisitions, financing, statutory audit, and management consulting. 

Bilingual in French and English, Jean-François earned a Bachelor of Accounting from the Université de Chicoutimi. He is actively involved in regional community initiatives, including playing a key role in activities held by local Chambers of Commerce and business groups. He maintains close relationships with financial institutions and other stakeholders; connecting his clients with the right people to ensure the success of their projects. 

Jean-François is a Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA). He was awarded the Fellow distinction — recognizing CPAs who have rendered exceptional service to the profession and their communities, and the accounting profession’s highest honour— by the Ordre des CPA du Québec in 2025. 

Jonathan Banford CPA

Managing Director, MNP Corporate Finance, and Regional Managing Partner, Financial Advisory Services & Consulting for the province of Québec

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