Baker Tilly adds two directors to national executive management team

Baker Tilly Canada, a national co-operative network of independent accounting and consulting firms, has hired Mélodie Desrosiers and Chris Gesuale as directors in its national executive management team.

Based in Montreal, Desrosiers joins as national director for marketing and communications. In the role, she will lead development and execution of the network’s brand and communications strategy, including brand awareness, marketing campaigns, and messaging across all channels.

Desrosiers has over 15 years of experience in branding and marketing, holding senior positions on both the agency and client side. She was previously senior brand director at Revolution Nutrition, lead strategist for global brand at Unity, senior brand manager at GSoft and Cirque du Soleil, and brand director at Ubisoft. Earlier in her career, she was a group supervisor at Ogilvy and a senior account manager at Cossette.

Desrosiers has a master’s degree in management from HEC Montréal and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from L’Université du Québec à Montréal.

Gesuale is based in Toronto and will serve as national director for information technology, overseeing and managing technical infrastructure, strategic initiatives, and technology integration.

He has 20+ years of experience in IT strategy across professional services, retail, construction, and real estate. Gesuale was previously director of IT at LIV Communities and senior system and network administrator at Harris Rebar.

He has an associate’s degree in network and system engineering from Trios College.

“With Mélodie and Chris in their new roles, we’re building on our commitment to drive exceptional experiences for our clients and our people,” said Ben Lloyd, CEO of Baker Tilly Canada. “In our mission to help businesses navigate an increasingly complex world, they both exemplify our guiding belief in going all in now, to get the best out of tomorrow.”

Baker Tilly Canada has more than 1,700 people across 60+ offices nationwide. The co-operative’s member firms deliver accounting, audit, tax, and consulting services to a wide range of industries.

Baker Tilly Canada earlier this year appointed Terri Holowath as chair of its board of directors.