Stuart Morley, MBA, Partner
Stuart works with leaders to take their organization to the next level. He is a strategist in helping clients address the issues of getting their audiences to participate in developing and implementing a better future for themselves and their organization. He is a frequent speaker to associations and corporations on “Succession to the next generation”.
Stuart has 25 years experience in the management consulting (focusing on marketing strategy) and investment banking sectors (focusing on financial and turnaround strategies). He has worked with more than 200 different organizations including hospitals, health units, financial institutions, large public corporations, professional firms, non-profit organizations and owner/managed enterprises.
He is a Past President of the American Marketing Association (Toronto Chapter). He is a part-time lecturer in Marketing at Georgian College (Bracebridge Campus) and is a former part time lecturer at Rhodes University in South Africa plus he was a regular guest speaker at Ryerson University.
Stuart is a frequent speaker at conferences on “Succession to the next generation”. He is a National Member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) and is a Board Member of the Toronto Chapter. Stuart is an active member of CAFÉ (Canadian Association of Family Business and is also a guest expert on the CFIB (Canadian Federation of Independent Business) website (www.cfib.ca). Stuart is a leadership coach in partnership with Fulcrum Search Science (an executive recruiting firm in Toronto). He is also on the Board of the Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce.
Stuart earned a B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics and an MBA from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Prior to starting Morley & Associates in 1996 he was a partner in an investment-banking firm for seven years. His career started as a Management Consultant with Deloitte in Cape Town and he transferred to Toronto in 1986. He became a Certified Management Consultant in 1987.
Stuart was Co-Chair of the Strategic Leadership Forum Conference on High Performance Organizations. He is on the leadership team of the Business Retention and Expansion Project for Gravenhurst, led by the Mayor of Gravenhurst.
He is a Director of Community Living South Muskoka, Past Vice President of Muskoka Family Focus and Children’s Place and a Past President of Gravenhurst Minor Hockey Association.
Theresa Morley, CA, Partner
Theresa Morley, CA is a partner in Morley Morley Bell-Towns with 25 years experience providing accounting and consulting advice to clients. She is a part time CFO to a number of clients. Theresa has prior municipal, non profit and industry experience. She is the Past President for the Community YWCA of Muskoka. She has 20 years experience assisting clients in both the private and non profit sectors. Prior to joining the firm, she worked for nine years in Public Accounting. She started her career in the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche and was a manager in Cape Town office when she transferred to Toronto in 1986 where she re-qualified.
Theresa is a Chartered Accountant in Canada and South Africa. She has a Certificate in Accounting from the University of Cape Town and a BSc Agric from the University of Natal.
Ruth Bell-Towns, BA, MBA, FCA, Partner
Ruth Bell-Towns, BA, MBA, FCA is a partner in Morley Morley Bell-Towns and has been in an accounting and consulting profession for all of her professional career. In March of 2000 the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario elected her to Institute Fellowship which entitled her to use the designation Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, and the initials FCA. Ruth grew up and attended both Primary and Secondary School in Bracebridge. She then went onto the University of Western Ontario for her BA and then York University for her MBA. She articled with Thorne Riddell (KPMG) and Clarkson Gordon (Ernst and Young). She then went on to start up her public practice in Bracebridge in 1998.
Elizabeth Logie, B.Comm is a senior associate in Morley Morley Bell-Towns with solid business experience and facilitation skills. She has 7+ years experience in professional accounting and consulting firms. Elizabeth has exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills. She has a B.Comm from McMaster University with an accounting major.
Jennifer Tournour, B.A . is a senior associate in Morley Morley Bell-Towns with 13 years experience in tourism and special events planning, including working at Deerhurst Resort, Aston Resort and Spa, The Fairmont Empress in Victoria BC and the Fairmont Chateau in Whistler.