CFO Moves Canada

Tracking CFO Movement Across Canada

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 19, 2017

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Amaya Inc. BioAmber Inc. TECSYS Inc.
New Look Vision Group Inc. Forsys Metals Corp. Group Ten Metals Inc.
Gravitas Financial Inc. Cardiome Pharma Corp.

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CFO Moves Canada is published by Samuel Dergel (Executive Search Consultant and CFO & Financial Executive Search Specialist). Samuel can be reached by email at samuel@dergelcfo.com or by phone at +1 (514) 907-0925.

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Amaya Inc. [MONTREAL] (NASDAQ: AYA; TSX: AYA) announced the appointment of Brian Kyle as Chief Financial Officer of Amaya, effective June 19, 2017. Mr. Kyle joins Amaya from Pivot Technology Solutions where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Pivot in August 2016, Mr. Kyle was a partner and co-founder of ALSA Capital Ltd, from August 2014 to August 2016. Prior to ALSA, Mr. Kyle spent five years at TSX-listed DH Corporation, where he was CFO. Prior to this, he held a number of senior financial positions in leading publicly traded technology, consumer product and manufacturing companies, including with Teranet.  Mr. Kyle has been on a number of advisory boards and is currently a board member of VersaPay Corporation, and Pivot.  Mr. Kyle will be based in Toronto and succeed Daniel Sebag, who has served as Amaya’s Chief Financial Officer since 2007 and will assist Mr. Kyle and Amaya in ensuring an orderly transition of his duties.

BioAmber Inc. [MONTREAL] (NYSE: BIOA, TSX: BIOA) announced the appointment of Mario Settino as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Settino replaces the Company’s current Interim Chief Financial Officer, Raymond Land, who will continue to serve as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors.  Mr. Settino previously served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Peds Legwear and prior to this was Chief Financial Officer of Miranda Technologies. Mr. Settino has previously held senior financial positions with Loblaws, Bombardier and LGS, (an IBM company).  He is a chartered professional accountant who began his career at Deloitte.

TECSYS Inc. [MONTREAL] (TSX: TCS) announced the appointment of Brian Cosgrove as Chief Financial Officer Designate to succeed Berty Ho-Wo-Cheong. Mr. Ho-Wo-Cheong will be stepping down on July 6, 2017 after almost 20 years as CFO to take on a new role within the business. Mr. Cosgrove will take over the role of CFO after the Company has released its annual financial results for the year ended April 30th 2017. Prior to joining TECSYS, Mr. Cosgrove served as the Chief Financial Officer of Logibec Inc. from 2011 to 2017 where he played a key role in its profitable growth after being taken private by Omers Private Equity. From 2002 to 2011, Mr. Cosgrove served as VP Finance and Corporate Services of The Createch Group, a Bell Canada company.

New Look Vision Group Inc. [MONTRÉAL] (TSX: BCI) announced that Derrick Giannoumis, Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the Company effective June 2nd, 2017.

Forsys Metals Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX: FSY) appointed Dale Hanna as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), following the resignation of Rowen Colman. Mr. Hanna has 14 years’ experience working with Australian-listed mining and resource companies, including senior roles with Helix Resources Limited, Lemur Resources Limited and Dominion Mining Limited.

Group Ten Metals Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: PGE, OTC: DCGCF) announced the appointment of Tim Thiessen as Chief Financial Officer. Thiessen is currently CFO at Metallic Minerals Corp. and Foran Mining Corporation. He previously held this position with SnipGold Corp. (acquired by Seabridge Gold Inc. in June 2016) and Aurcana Corporation. Mr. Thiessen spent 7 years as Vice President of Finance for TSX-listed Endeavour Financial Ltd. and was part of a team that spawned industry-leading companies such as Silver Wheaton Corp., UrAsia Energy Ltd., Peak Gold Ltd. and Coastal Energy Corp. Thiessen also held the positions of Controller with Endeavour Mining Capital Corp.

Gravitas Financial Inc. [TORONTO] (CSE: GFI) announced that Peter Liabotis has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. During his career, he has worked as the Chief Financial Officer of Canadian and United States public companies within the mining industry and as the Chief Financial Officer of an international private company within investment industry.

Cardiome Pharma Corp. [VANCOUVER] (NASDAQ: CRME; TSX: COM) announced Justin Renz as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jennifer Archibald, Cardiome’s current CFO, has been appointed to the position of Chief Business Operations Officer. Mr. Renz most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Karyopharm Therapeutics, which he joined in August 2014. Prior to Karyopharm, Mr. Renz was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Zalicus Inc. (formerly CombinatoRx, Inc.), which he joined in September 2006. Prior to Zalicus, Mr. Renz served in senior finance and accounting roles at Serono, Inc. and Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending August 26, 2016

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. Group Ten Metals Inc. Neo Lithium Corp.
VersaPay Corporation Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd.

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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. [LAVAL, Quebec] (NYSE: VRX and TSX: VRX) announced that Paul S. Herendeen has been appointed Executive Vice President, Finance and will take over the role of Chief Financial Officer from Robert L. Rosiello.  Mr. Rosiello will remain at Valeant as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy. Mr. Herendeen joins Valeant from Zoetis, where he served as Executive Vice President and CFO for the past two years. Paul S. Herendeen is Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. Prior to joining Valeant, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Zoetis Inc. for two years. From 2005 to 2013 and from 1998 to 2001, Mr. Herendeen served as CFO at Warner Chilcott. He rejoined Warner Chilcott after four years as EVP and CFO of MedPointe, where he served as CFO from 2001 until 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Herendeen spent nine years as a principal investor at both Dominion Income Management and Cornerstone Partners.  He also spent the early part of his career in banking and public accounting, having held various positions with the investment banking group of Oppenheimer & Company, the capital markets group of Continental Bank Corporation, and as a senior auditor with Arthur Andersen & Company.

Group Ten Metals Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: PGE) announced that Jody Bellefleur has rescinded her resignation as announced, in order to assist the Company as interim CFO.

Neo Lithium Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: NLC) announced the appointment of Carlos Vicens as the new Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Julio Martinez, who has resigned from his role as Chief Financial Officer of Neo Lithium to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, Mr. Vicens served as Vice President in Scotiabank’s Investment Banking Mining team. Mr. Vicens is also a Director at Lemuria Royalties Corp.

VersaPay Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX-V: VPY) announced the appointment of Harp Gahunia as Chief Financial Officer, who was previously serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd. [TORONTO] (CSE: GLH) announced that the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Brian Gentry, is resigning for personal reasons.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending August 12, 2016

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Gaz Métro Inc. Group Ten Metals Inc. Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust
ROI Land Investments Ltd. Metallum Resources Inc. American Lithium Corp.
Pivot Technology Solutions, Inc.

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Gaz Métro Inc. [MONTRÉAL] announced that Pierre Despars, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, and Chief Financial Officer, will retire. Éric Lachance, currently with the Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec, will join Gaz Métro at the beginning of 2017 and will be appointed the company’s Chief Financial Officer at the end of the transition period, during which time Mr. Despars will remain on board in his current role.

Group Ten Metals Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: PGE) announced that Jody Bellefleur has resigned from the position of CFO.

Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust [EDMONTON] (TSX: MR.UN) announced that Naomi Stefura, the newly appointed Chief Financial Officer of Melcor Developments Ltd., has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer.

ROI Land Investments Ltd. [MONTREAL] (OTCQB: ROII) announced that Mohsen Maaouia has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer in replacement of Slim Feriani, who has resigned. Mohsen has been a financial advisor for ROI since February 2016. Mohsen Maaouia spent 13 years working within several different audit and accounting firms, notably as a Manager at the Deloitte firm. Internationally, he has advised a large MENA group in planning subsidiaries for the agri-food sector, hotel industry, trading and services (Caterpillar, John Deere etc.).

Metallum Resources Inc. [HALIFAX] (TSX-V: MRV) announced the appointment of Rob Randall as Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Robert Suttie, who has been CFO for the past nine years. Mr. Randall was previously the Corporate Controller for Etruscan Resources Inc. and a principal with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

American Lithium Corp. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: LI) announced that Douglas Ford will join the board and assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ford is the former Chief Financial Officer and director of Rockgate Capital Corp. He has been the General Manager of Dockside Capital Group Inc.

Pivot Technology Solutions, Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: PTG) announced that the Company has appointed Brian Kyle as its new CFO. Mr. Kyle joins Pivot from ALSA Capital Ltd, where he was partner and co-founder.  Prior to ALSA, Mr. Kyle spent 5 years at DH Corporation, where he was CFO.  Prior to this, he held a number of senior financial positions at Teranet.