CFO Moves Canada

CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation	Acasta Enterprises Inc.	McCoy Global Inc.
Walton Big Lake Development L.P.	E3 Metals Corp.	Spot Coffee
Genius Properties Ltd.	Valens GroWorks Corp.

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Arbutus Biopharma Corporation [VANCOUVER] (NASDAQ: ABUS) announced the appointment of David Hastings as Chief Financial Officer.  Hastings will assume the CFO role from Koert VandenEnden, Arbutus’ interim Chief Financial Officer. Hastings previously served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Incyte Corporation from 2003 until 2014. Hastings also previously served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ArQule Inc. Prior to that, Hastings was with Genzyme Corporation as its Vice President and Corporate Controller, and with Sepracor, Inc. where he was Director of Finance. Most recently, Mr. Hastings served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Unilife Corporation from 2015 to 2017 and as its Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer from 2016 to 2017. Mr. VandenEnden, Arbutus’ current interim Chief Financial Officer, will remain as a member of the executive leadership team in the role of Chief Accounting Officer.

Acasta Enterprises Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: AEF) announced the appointment of Michael Murphy as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

McCoy Global Inc. [EDMONTON] (TSX: MCB) announced that Jacob Coonan, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, will be departing from the Corporation to pursue other career opportunities.

Walton Big Lake Development L.P. [CALGARY] announce that Michael Maier has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of its general partner, Walton Big Lake Development Corporation. Mr. Maier is also the Chief Financial Officer of Walton Global Investments Ltd., having served in that capacity since April 1, 2018. Mr. Maier has been with the Walton group of companies for just over 5 years in increasingly progressive positions starting as the VP Finance of Walton Asset Management LP and most recently as the Chief Financial Officer of Walton Development and Management LP. Prior to joining the Walton group of companies, Mr. Maier had over 9 years of experience in commercial banking and real estate financing with two Canadian financial institutions. The Partnership also announces Michelle Cameron has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the GP.

E3 Metals Corp. [CALGARY] (TSXV: ETMC, OTC: EEMMF) announced the appointment of Greg Florence as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Greg has over thirty-seven years of business experience in various sectors including upstream oil and gas, green technologies, industrial supplies, and agribusiness. Florence replaces Debbie Lew.

Spot Coffee (Canada) Ltd. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: SPP) announced the departure of Ying Chen as CFO and welcomes Colleen Hobson, who has re-joined the Company and is once again assuming the role of Chief Financial Officer.

Genius Properties Ltd. [ST-SAUVEUR, Québec] (CSE: GNI) announced the appointment of Robert Boisjoli as Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation. Boisjoli, is currently Chief Executive Officer of AKESOgen, Inc., Chairman of Palos Management Inc., Managing Director of Atwater Financial Group, and a partner at Robert Boisjoli & Associates S.E.C. Robert has been the founder of two life science companies where he has acted as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer. He sits on the boards of directors of various public and private companies where he is also the audit committee chairman and is a board member of various not-for-profit organizations in the community and within the profession.

Valens GroWorks Corp. [KELOWNA, BC] (CSE: VGW) announced the addition of Chris Buysen as Chief Financial Officer. Buys has over 15 years of diverse financial experience working as a senior financial executive with many public and private organizations in a wide range of industries including retail, pharmacy and consumer packaged goods.