Governance
Northfield & Associates is a global organization of independent member firms operating under the Northfield brand. Each firm is a separate legal entity, while the Canadian-based Northfield & Associates International Corporation coordinates the network but does not provide client services. All professional services are delivered solely by the individual member firms, which remain fully responsible for their work.
Governance
Northfield & Associates is the brand under which the member firms of Northfield & Associates International Corporation operate and provide professional services. Each firm is a separate legal entity and together they form the Northfield & Associates global organization. “Northfield & Associates” is used to refer to individual member firms within the Northfield & Associates organization or to one or more member firms collectively.
Member firms in the Northfield & Associates organization are members in, or have other legal connections to, Northfield & Associates International Corporation, a Canadian private company operates under limited by guarantee. Northfield & Associates International Corporation acts as the coordinating entity for the overall benefit of the Northfield & Associates member firms but does not provide professional services to clients. Professional services to clients are exclusively provided by member firms who remain solely responsible and liable in respect of these services.
Our Values & Structure
Our structure is designed to support consistency of service quality and adherence to agreed values wherever in the world Northfield & Associates member firms operate. Northfield & Associates member firms have agreed to conduct their operations in compliance with a common set of values, standards and service quality expectations. Partners and employees within those firms commit to act with integrity at all times.
Management Committee
Northfield & Associates, governance structure and management system consists of a Management Committee and Board of Directors. The Management Committee is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the firm.
Global Independence
In many parts of the world, regulated businesses (such as audit, corporate consulting and legal firms) are required by law to be locally owned and independent. Northfield & Associates member firms do not, and cannot, operate as a corporate multinational. Northfield & Associates member firms are generally locally owned and managed. Each Northfield & Associates member firm is responsible for its own obligations and liabilities.
Unless otherwise indicated, references in this website to a ‘member firm’ or ‘member firms’ are references to member firms of Northfield & Associates International.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is led by a Chair and includes 9 partners drawn from across the business. The Board’s role is focused on partnership matters, including compensation, partner rights, admissions, and succession. The Board also has oversight responsibility with respect to the firm’s strategic and business planning, and quality-control processes, and reviews the firm’s financial statements.
Northfield & Associates International and the member firms are not a global partnership, single firm, multinational corporation, joint venture, or in a principal or agent relationship or partnership with each other. No member firm has any authority to obligate or bind Northfield & Associates International any of its related entities or any other member firm face-to-face third parties, nor does Northfield & Associates International or any of its related entities have any such authority to obligate or bind any member firm.