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CFO Moves Canada – week ending December 22, 2017

Posted on December 27, 2017 Written by Samuel Dergel Leave a Comment

CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

New Look Vision Group Inc. Bengal Energy Ltd. Founders Advantage Capital Corp.
Discovery Metals Corp. Distinct Infrastructure Group Inc. Organigram Holdings Inc.

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New Look Vision Group Inc. [MONTRÉAL] (TSX: BCI) announced the appointment of Tania M. Clarke as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to take effect on February 12th, 2018. Ms. Clarke is an experienced senior financial executive with over 20 years of experience with both public and private companies in various industries principally in Canada. For the past three years she has served as chief financial officer of a TSX listed company with well-known banners and an extensive corporate and franchised network in the restaurant chain business across Canada. Her previous experience includes having served as executive vice-president, chief financial officer or controller of companies in the specialty coffee and coffee maker industry as well as in the stationary, gift and toy business.

Bengal Energy Ltd. [CALGARY] (TSX: BNG) announced that Scott Megaffin has tendered his resignation as Chief Financial Officer of Bengal, effective December 18, 2017, to pursue other opportunities.

Founders Advantage Capital Corp. [CALGARY] (TSX-V: FCF) announced that Melanie Litoski will join the Corporation’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer effective March 1, 2018.  Ms. Litoski will replace Ron Gratton, a current board member who has served as Interim CFO since July, 2017. Ms. Litoski’s prior roles have included Vice President, Controller for Dollar Financial Group (2014 – present); Vice President, Finance and Controller for ENMAX Corporation (2008 – 2014); Chief Financial Officer of First Canada (2005 – 2008); Controller of RST Industries (2001-2005), a division of JD Irving. She served as Audit Manager with KPMG LLP before transitioning into private industry in 2001.

Discovery Metals Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: DSV) announced the appointment of Andreas L’Abbé as the new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. L’Abbé was most recently Director of Finance at Tahoe Resources Inc. During his career Mr. L’Abbé also held the positions of VP Finance at Timmins Gold Corp. (now Alio Gold Inc.), and Financial Reporting Analyst for Goldcorp Inc. Prior to these roles, Mr. L’Abbé worked with Grant Thornton LLP in their Assurance and Business Advisory group. Orest Zajcew has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, but will remain as Corporate Secretary.

Distinct Infrastructure Group Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: DUG, OTCQX: DSTFF) announced that the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Manny Bettencourt, will be taking a personal leave of absence. During Mr. Bettencourt’s absence, William Nurnberger will serve as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Prior to joining Distinct, Mr. Nurnberger served as Vice President of Portfolio Operations for a publicly traded private equity firm, overseeing a diversified portfolio of companies. He was also involved in a start-up civil construction firm in northern British Columbia, involved in all aspects of the energy sector, mining, windfarm development and forestry. Mr. Nurnberger was also instrumental in starting a private surface rental company, which was ultimately sold to a large public diversified rental firm where he continued to hold positions of Business Unit Lead West and GM Business Development.

Organigram Holdings Inc. [MONCTON, NB] (TSX-V: OGI, OTCQB: OGRMF) announced the appointment of Paolo De Luca the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. De Luca has held senior financial, investor relations, and accounting leadership roles at companies including West Face Capital; Meridian LNG; Potash Ridge; C.A. Bancorp; and TD Securities. De Luca replaces Peter Hanson who has been serving as interim CFO since March 2016.

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Filed Under: Calgary, Canada, CFO, CFO Search, Chief Financial Officer, CNSX, Executive Search, Fired, Hired, Montreal, Private Equity, Replaced, Resigned, Retained Search, Toronto, TSX, TSX-V, Vancouver, Venture Capital, Vice President Finance Tagged With: Andreas L'Abbé, Bengal Energy, Discovery Metals, Distinct Infrastructure Group, Founders Advantage Capital, Manny Bettencourt, Melanie Litoski, New Look Vision Group, Orest Zajcew, OrganiGram Holdings, Paolo De Luca, Peter Hanson, Ron Gratton, Scott Megaffin, Tania Clarke, William Nurnberger

CFO Moves Canada – week ending March 18, 2016

Posted on March 21, 2016 Written by cfomoves Leave a Comment

CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Barrick Gold Corporation WSP Global Inc. Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc.
Solar Alliance Energy, Inc. ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc. Genesis Land Development Corp.
Mirasol Resources Ltd. OrganiGram Holdings Inc.

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Barrick Gold Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX:ABX) announced that Catherine Raw, currently Executive Vice President, Business Performance, will succeed Shaun Usmar as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Barrick in May 2015, Ms. Raw was Co-Manager of BlackRock’s flagship mining funds.

WSP Global Inc. [MONTREAL] (TSX: WSP) announced that Alexandre L’Heureux, currently Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, has been appointed President and CEO.

Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: DMM) announced the appointment of Ruben Gellibert to the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Nick Furber, who is retiring. Mr. Gellibert has spent the last six years at Dynasty working closely with Mr. Furber, first in the position of Head Office Accountant and more recently as Corporate Controller.

Solar Alliance Energy, Inc. [Vancouver and San Diego] (TSX-V: SAN, OTCQB: SAENF) announced the appointment of Randy Strandt as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Solar Alliance, Mr. Strandt spent the past 7 years with Beedie Development Group, most recently as Director of Finance of the construction and development company. Earlier in his career, he worked at KPMG as a Senior Manager, Assurance.

ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc. [VANCOUVER] (NASDAQ: DNAI) announced the appointments of Jeffrey H. Cooper and Tran Nguyen to its Board of Directors. Mr. Cooper is an independent consultant for life science companies since January 2014. Previously, Mr. Cooper served at KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from November 2013 until December 2013 and as the Chief Financial Officer from July 2012 until October 2013. Prior to joining KaloBios, Mr. Cooper served in positions of increasing responsibility at BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., beginning as Vice President, Controller, to his most recent position as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to May 2012. He has also served as Vice President of Finance at Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc. He also currently serves on the board of directors of Tobira Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Nguyen has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Prothena Corporation plc, since March 2013. Previously, Mr. Nguyen served at Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer from 2010 to 2011 and Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer from 2011 until its sale in 2013. He has also served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc., as a Vice President in the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Citi Global Markets, Inc. and in various capacities as a healthcare investment banker at Lehman Brothers, Inc.

Genesis Land Development Corp. [CALGARY] (TSX: GDC) announced the appointment of Kirsten Richter as interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Richter is currently interim Chief Financial Officer of Chatters.

Mirasol Resources Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: MRZ) announced the appointment of Mahesh Liyanage as CFO, replacing Bernie Zacharias. Mr. Liyanage has served as the Chief Financial Officer for several exploration companies.  Prior to that, he controlled audit and assurance functions for a public accounting company.

OrganiGram Holdings Inc. [MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK] (TSX-V: OGI) (OTC US: OGRMF) announced that the company’s current controller, Peter Hanson will assume the responsibility as interim CFO, replacing Roger Rogers, who is retiring.

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Filed Under: Calgary, Canada, CFO, CFO Search, Chief Financial Officer, CNSX, Executive Search, Fired, Hired, Montreal, Private Equity, Replaced, Resigned, Retained Search, Toronto, TSX, TSX-V, Vancouver, Venture Capital, Vice President Finance Tagged With: Alexandre L'Heureux, Barrick Gold Corporation, Bernie Zacharias, Catherine Raw, Dynasty Metals & Mining, Genesis Land Development Corp., Jeffrey H. Cooper, Kirsten Richter, Mahesh Liyanage, Mirasol Resources, Nick Furber, OrganiGram Holdings, Peter Hanson, ProNAi Therapeutics, Randy Strandt, Roger Rogers, Ruben Gellibert, Shaun Usmar, Solar Alliance Energy, Tran Nguyen, WSP Global

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