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CFO Moves Canada – week ending March 27, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

eBuyNow Allied Corp. WeedMD Inc.

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eBuyNow [Victoria, British Columbia] announced that John Hanna has joined as CFO. In the 9 years prior to joining eBuyNow, Hanna was the CFO of Vecima Networks Inc. In the 6 years prior to Vecima, Hanna was Vice-President of Finance & Administration at iFire Technology. Prior to iFire, Hanna spent 7 years with The Westaim Corporation where he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility including Director Corporate Development, VP Investments, and VP Finance & Administration of Nucryst Pharmaceuticals.

Allied Corp. [KELOWNA, British Columbia] (OTCQB: ALID) announced the appointment of Ryan Maarschalk as Chief Financial Officer. Maarschalk’s past experience includes merger and acquisition activities to successfully close the acquisition of IMPACT Radio Accessories to private equit, building extraction and cultivation facilities in Las Vegas with 1933 Industries. Maarschalk has worked with variety of companies since becoming a consulting CFO, including micro-mobility, wineries, cannabis and real estate. Maarschalk has also worked as a Business Valuation Associate with MVI Valuations & Planning, Senior Accountant with Crowe MacKay LLP and has been a Co-Founder / Board Member of various companies over the years. Allied also announces the resignation of Malcolm Davidson as the past Chief Financial Officer of the Company to pursue other professional opportunities.

WeedMD Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: WMD, OTCQX: WDDMF) announced the appointment of Lincoln Greenidge as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Nichola Thompson who will be resigning from her role as CFO effective April 30, 2020. Greenidge most recently was the CFO for LSC Lithium Corporation. He previously served as the CFO of LeadFX and was the corporate controller of HudBay Minerals Inc.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending March 20, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

GMP Capital Inc. Converge Technology Solutions Corp. ParcelPal Technology Inc.

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GMP Capital Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: GMP) announced that Ben Scholten will assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer.  Scholten will replace Deb Starkman, the Company’s current CFO and Corporate Secretary.

Converge Technology Solutions Corp. [VANCOUVER and TORONTO] (TSX-V: CTS, OTCQX: CTSDF) announced that Carl Smith has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. ‎Most recently, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Espial Group.  Smith replaces Mary Anne Palangio, outgoing Chief Financial Officer.

ParcelPal Technology Inc. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: PKG, OTCPINK: PTNYF) announced the appointment of Rich Wheeless as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was the CFO of Taal Distributed Information Technologies Inc. (previously Squire Mining Ltd.). Prior to that, he was the Chief Financial Officer for Rivetz, Inc. Previous to that, he was the CFO of LaunchKey, Inc. and the CFO of Pilus Energy. Previously, he was Director of Finance and Assistant Treasurer of Xtek, Inc. He has also held managerial posts at Johnson and Johnson, as well as Cardinal Health. Wheeless originally started his career in the private equity division at Citigroup. Wheeless replaces Devon Brown, the current CFO and a director of ParcelPal, who has resigned.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending March 13, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Énergir Inc. Stelco Holdings Inc. Dream Hard Asset Alternatives Trust
Dream Unlimited Corp. Northland Power Inc. EuroLife Brands
Veritas Asset Management Inc.

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Énergir Inc. [MONTRÉAL] announced the appointment of Mary Chronopoulos as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Énergir Inc., the general partner of Énergir, L.P. (“Énergir”), effective April 6, 2020. Chronopoulos worked as Groupe BMR’s Chief Financial Officer, and as the Vice President, Finance of Aldo Group, Saputo’s Bakery division, and of Quebecor Media’s Les Éditions CEC.

Stelco Holdings Inc. [HAMILTON] (TSX: STLC) announced that Paul Scherzer has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Scherzer replaces Roy Collins, Vice-President, Internal Audit, who was Interim CFO. Prior to joining Stelco, Paul spent close to 25 years as a metals and mining investment banker, including over 17 years with Credit Suisse in New York and Toronto, including as Head of Americas Metals & Mining, and most recently heading the Industrial Materials & Services team in the investment banking group of BNP Paribas in New York.

Dream Hard Asset Alternatives Trust [TORONTO] (TSX: DRA.UN) announced that Pauline Alimchandani has advised Dream Alternatives of her decision to resign as Chief Financial Officer of Dream Alternatives effective April 9, 2020 to pursue another opportunity. Dream Alternatives has appointed Meaghan Peloso as interim Chief Financial Officer of Dream Alternatives. Peloso is the Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer of Dream Unlimited Corp. Prior to joining Dream, Ms. Peloso worked in the audit and assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCooper LLP. Alimchandani will continue to serve as a director of Dream Alternatives Master GP Inc., the general partner of Dream Alternatives Master LP which indirectly holds Dream Alternatives’ portfolio of assets.

Dream Unlimited Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX: DRM) announced that Pauline Alimchandani advised Dream of her decision to resign as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dream effective April 9, 2020 to pursue another opportunity.

Northland Power Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: NPI) announced the appointment of Pauline Alimchandani as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 13, 2020. Alimchandani will succeed Paul Bradley, following his retirement as CFO. Alimchandani most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dream Unlimited Corp. Prior to that, Alimchandani was Vice President in equity research at BMO Capital Markets. Alimchandani was also active in both the Audit and Assurance and Consulting & Deals practices at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

EuroLife Brands [Toronto] (CSE: EURO, OTC Pink: EURPF) announced the appointment of Dean Callaway as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Callaway has over 25 years of financial leadership experience with organizations including Merrill Lynch, TransAlta, Enbridge and Terasen where he worked in corporate finance, project development, and mergers and acquisitions. Over the past 13 years he has worked for private and public companies on the TSX and TSXV operating in oil and gas and cannabis sectors. Miroslav Beganovic has stepped down as the CFO.

Veritas Asset Management Inc. [TORONTO] announced the departure of one of its directors and CFO, Lou Fabiano.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending March 6, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Organigram Holdings Inc. Trevali Mining Corporation RNC Minerals
CubicFarm® Systems Corp. Dolly Varden Silver Corporation Environmental Waste International Inc.
Geyser Brands Inc.

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Organigram Holdings Inc. [MONCTON, New Brunswick] (NASDAQ: OGI, TSX: OGI) announced that Paolo De Luca, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer and Derrick West, currently on the Company’s Board of Directors, is joining the Company as its CFO. West served as Chair of the Audit Committee of Organigram’s Board of Directors from December 2017 to February 2020 and also more recently, as a member of the Investment Committee. West was the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Partners REIT, from 2014 until December 2019. He previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Landdrill International. Additionally, West served as the Vice-President of Accounting and Administration for Plazacorp Retail Properties Limited (renamed Plaza Retail REIT). In concert with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer West has resigned from Organigram’s Board of Directors.

Trevali Mining Corporation [VANCOUVER] (TSX: TV, OTCQX: TREVF) announced that Gerbrand Van Heerden has departed as Trevali’s Chief Financial Officer. The Company also announced that Matthew Quinlan has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer after having supported Trevali in a consulting capacity over the last 5 months. Quinlan most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Diamond Corporation and prior to that as Managing Director & Co-Head of CIBC’s Global Mining Investment Banking group.

RNC Minerals [TORONTO] (TSX: RNX) announced Barry Dahl has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Dahl replaces former CFO, Tim Hollaar, who will assume the role of Vice President, Finance. Most recently, Dahl was the CFO of Excelsior Mining Corp. Prior to that, he spent five years as the CFO of Klondex Mines. Prior to that, he was CFO of Argonaut Gold.

CubicFarm® Systems Corp. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V:CUB) announced that Tim Fernback has joined the Company as its interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Fernback replaces outgoing interim CFO Rodrigo Santana as he resumes his role as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). Fernback held progressively senior executive officer positions within growing businesses, including ModoHR Technologies, Upstream Biosciences and Ronin8 Technologies. Fernback has served on the board of numerous companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. He currently holds directorships in TSXV-listed Deep-South Resources, Nevada Energy Metals, Surge Exploration and Tri Capital Opportunities.

Dolly Varden Silver Corporation [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: DV) announced that it has appointed Ann Fehr as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.  Fehr has held part-time officer positions for venture listed companies since 2009 and is the founder and president of Fehr & Associates. Fehr replaces Carla Hartzenberg.

Environmental Waste International Inc. [Toronto] (TSX-V: EWS) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Stoss as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Stoss is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the outsourced finance services firm, Positive Venture Group Inc. He has previously served as CFO for publicly traded companies and technology start-ups.

Geyser Brands Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: GYSR) announced the appointment of Shawn Balaghi as the Chief Financial Officer, following the resignation of Andreas Thatcher as the interim CFO. Balaghi served as the CFO for several publicly listed companies and has worked with some of the largest independent auditing firms in Canada and the US.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending February 28, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Thomson Reuters BC Ferries 3 Sixty Risk Solutions Ltd.
North Bud Farms Inc. Golden Star Resources Ltd. Pasofino Gold Limited
Buffalo Coal NervGen Pharma Corp. Western Copper and Gold Corporation
New Wave Esports Corp.

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Thomson Reuters [TORONTO] (TSX/NYSE: TRI) announced that Mike Eastwood, senior vice president and head of corporate finance, will succeed Stephane Bello as current chief financial officer, effective March 15. Bello will become vice chairman of Thomson Reuters. Eastwood has worked at Thomson Reuters for more than two decades, operating as senior vice president and head of corporate finance since 2016. Eastwood was formerly chief operating officer of Thomson Reuters Latin America, CFO of the Intellectual Property & Science business (which was sold in 2016) and has also held several senior roles within the finance organization.

BC Ferries [VICTORIA] announced that Jill Sharland has been appointed to the position of Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Sharland was a CFO in the medical industry, and also has experience in the aviation and telecommunications industries. Alana Gallagher is retiring from her role as Vice President & CFO after 25 years of service.

3 Sixty Risk Solutions Ltd. [ALMONTE, Ontario] (CSE: SAFE, OTCQB: SAYFF) announced that Carlo Rigillo, Chief Financial Officer, has left the Company. Candice Matthews will assume the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) along with her current duties as Director of Finance. Ms. Matthews has served as Director of Finance for the company since 2019.

North Bud Farms Inc. [TORONTO] (CSE: NBUD, OTCQB: NOBDF) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Stoss as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Stoss is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the outsourced finance services firm, Positive Venture Group Inc. He has previously served as CFO for publicly-traded companies and technology start-ups.

Golden Star Resources Ltd. [TORONTO] (NYSE American: GSS; TSX: GSC) announced that Paul Thomson has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).

Pasofino Gold Limited [Toronto] (TSX-V: VEIN) announced that Fiona Fitzmaurice has resigned as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Buffalo Coal [Toronto] (TSX-V: BUF) announced the appointment of Willie Bezuidenhout as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), with effect from 9 March 2020. Bezuidenhout previously held senior finance positions at Uranium One Inc. and the Public Investment Corporation. Bezuidenhout will take over from Graham du Preez, who acted as Buffalo Coal’s Interim CFO.

NervGen Pharma Corp. [Vancouver] (TSX-V: NGEN) (OTCQX: NGENF) announced the appointment of William (Bill) Adams to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Adams replaces Robert Pilz who will continue to formally support the Company as a consultant. Adams held a number of executive positions within biotech, including CFO roles at Anandia Laboratories Inc., Response Biomedical Corp., CellFor Inc., and AnorMED Inc.

Western Copper and Gold Corporation [VANCOUVER] (TSX: WRN; NYSE American: WRN) announced that Varun Prasad has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Prasad has worked on the Finance team for Western since 2011, previously as Corporate Controller and most recently as Interim CFO.

New Wave Esports Corp. [TORONTO] (CSE: NWES) announced that it has appointed Stan Levitt as its new Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Corporate Secretary. The Company also announces that Tiffany Lee has resigned as CFO and Corporate Secretary of the Company.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending February 21, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Russel Metals Inc. Interfor Corporation General Fusion
High Arctic Energy Services Inc. Buffalo Coal Corp. Pure Global Cannabis Inc.
Datavalet Technologies Inc.

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Russel Metals Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: RUS) announced that Martin Juravsky will succeed Marion Britton as the Company’s next Chief Financial Officer.  Juravsky will begin his employment with Russel Metals in May.  Britton will remain with the Company throughout 2020 to ensure a seamless transition. Juravsky currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Interfor Corporation. Prior to joining Interfor, he had over 20 years of investment banking experience at several major firms, including Salomon Brothers/Citigroup, National Bank Financial and Macquarie Capital Markets. Juravsky began his career with Pricewaterhouse.

Interfor Corporation [VANCOUVER] (TSX: IFP) announced that Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Martin Juravsky has advised the Company of his decision to resign from Interfor effective April 30, 2020, to pursue another opportunity. Juravsky joined Interfor in 2013 as Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy and was promoted to Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer in 2018.

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General Fusion [VANCOUVER] announced the appointment of Greg Twinney as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Twinney comes to General Fusion from Hootsuite, where he recently served as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and SVP Global Sales and Customer Success. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of several world-leading technology companies including Kobo, Real Matters, Opalis, and Cyberplex.

High Arctic Energy Services Inc. [CALGARY] (TSX: HWO) announced the departure of its Chief Financial Officer, Jim Hodgson. High Arctic announced that Christopher (Chris) Ames, has agreed to accept the appointment of Vice President of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Ames previously held a number of senior finance positions at Precision Drilling over a 20-year period before he left to become an independent financial consultant.

Buffalo Coal Corp. [Toronto] (TSX-V: BUF) announced the resignation of Graham du Preez as Interim Chief Financial Officer and is leaving the Company to pursue other endeavours.

Pure Global Cannabis Inc. [Toronto] (TSX-V: PURE, OTC Pink: PRCNF) operating through its wholly-owned subsidiary PureSinse® Inc., a Health Canada Licensed Producer under the Cannabis Act, which also operates under a B2B brand PureCanna Solutions, announced the appointment of Scott Langille as the new Chief Financial Officer, following the departure of Bhupender Gosain as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company to pursue other opportunities. Previously, Langille served as CFO of Wayland Group Corp. Prior to Wayland, Langille held CFO roles at Tribute Pharmaceuticals and Virexx Medical Corp. He also was a vice-president at Biovail Corp. (US office) from 2001-2002.

Datavalet Technologies Inc. [MONTREAL] announced that AGP Managing Partner and Datavalet Co-President Daniel Forest moved into the position of Chief Financial Officer.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending February 14, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

SNC-Lavalin Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd Harte Gold Corp.
Northern Vertex Mining Corp. VEXT Science, Inc.

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SNC-Lavalin [MONTREAL] (TSX: SNC) announced the appointment of Jeff Bell as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 14. Bell will join SNC-Lavalin as Executive-Vice-President on February 11, 2020. Bell will be replacing current Company CFO Sylvain Girard. Bell was previously Group Chief Financial Officer at Centrica Plc. He joined Centrica’s Direct Energy business in Toronto in 2002 where he held various senior finance positions before moving to Centrica’s head office in the UK in 2008. Bell held the positions of Executive Assistant to the CEO and Head of Group Strategy, and Director of Corporate Finance & Group Financial Controller before being appointed CFO in 2015. Prior to joining Centrica, Bell worked for The Boston Consulting Group and KPMG in Canada.

Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. [MONTRÉAL] (TSX & NYSE: OR) announced it has appointed Frédéric Ruel as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance, effective as of February 20, 2020. Ruel has served as Vice President, Corporate Controller of Osisko since 2015. Ruel also held different positions with other public companies in the mining industry, including Chief Financial Officer of NioGold Mining Corporation, Vice President, Corporate Controller of Falco Resources Ltd. and Manager of Financial Reporting of Osisko Mining Corporation and Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines.  Frédéric began his career as an auditor in a Canadian accounting firm where he worked for over 7 years.

Harte Gold Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX: HRT, OTC: HRTFF) announced the appointment of Graham du Preez as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective March 2, 2020.  Rein Lehari will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis until such time. Most recently, du Preez was the Chief Financial Officer of Alloycorp Mining Inc. and Buffalo Coal Corp., as well as the Chief Financial Officer of Uranium One Inc. from June 2010 until April 2013.   Prior to joining Uranium One, Graham held positions in the financial services industry, with a focus on treasury and asset management.

Northern Vertex Mining Corp. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: NEE, OTC Nasdaq Intl.: NHVCF) announced the appointment of David Splett as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary effective March 1, 2020. Most recently, Splett was CFO – Latin America for Goldcorp Inc. Preceding Goldcorp, David was Vice President of Finance at Mosaic Corporation, and he has also worked at Minera Panama SA, Teck Resources, and Potash Corporation. Splett’s appointment coincides with Christopher Park stepping down for personal reasons as CFO and Corporate Secretary.

VEXT Science, Inc. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: VEXT) announced the appointment of Denise Lok as its Chief Financial Officer. Lok, served as Senior Manager of Corporate Finance at Baron Global Financial Canada Ltd. Lok succeeds Robert (Bob) Brilon, who has resigned as Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and member of the Board of Directors of VEXT.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending February 7, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. Los Andes Copper Ltd.
Chakana Copper Corp. EXMceuticals Inc. Generation Mining Limited

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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. [OAKVILLE, ON] (TSX/NYSE: AQN) announced that David Bronicheski, Chief Financial Officer, is retiring in the fall of 2020, and that Arthur Kacprzak, Vice President, Treasury and Treasurer, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer.

Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: IPCI, OTCQB: IPCIF) announced the resignation of Greg Powell, Chief Financial Officer, for personal and family reasons. The functions of Chief Financial Officer for Intellipharmaceutics will be carried out on an interim basis by the Company’s President and former Chief Financial Officer, Dr. Amina Odidi.

Los Andes Copper Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V:LA) announced the appointment of Harry Nijjar as Chief Financial Officer who will be taking over from Aurora Davidson. Nijjar is a Managing Director of Malaspina Consultants Inc. Nijjar serves as Chief Financial Officer for other Canadian public companies.

Chakana Copper Corp. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: PERU; OTCQB: CHKKF) announced the appointment of Xavier Wenzel as Chief Financial Officer. Wenzel has over 22 years senior level experience in financial reporting and public accounting providing auditor services to both public and private resource sector clients reporting in Canada, Mexico and the US.  He has an extensive background in financial and administrative services having held various roles, including CFO, in both private and public companies in the mining and resource sector.

EXMceuticals Inc. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: EXM) announced the appointment of Michael Kinley to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Kinley, a former partner with KPMG, has been the President of Winslow Associates Management & Communications Inc. since 1993. Kinley has served as an officer and director for several public companies over the past thirty years.

Generation Mining Limited [TORONTO] (CSE: GENM) announced that it has appointed Brian Jennings to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Jennings has been a member of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company since May 9, 2018.  Jennings has resigned from the Board. Jennings has served as the Chief Financial Officer of several public junior mining and technology companies during his career.  He also spent nine years with Ernst & Young, where he was Vice-President Corporate Restructuring.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending January 31, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Flexiti Financial DIVERGENT Energy Services Corp. The Flowr Corporation
Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd. Jubilee Gold Exploration Ltd. Vanadium One Iron Corp.
Duncan Park Holdings Corporation Rigel Technologies Inc. North American Helium Inc.
Pure Energy Minerals Limited Solar Alliance Energy Inc. Converge Technology Solutions Corp.

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Flexiti Financial [TORONTO] announced the appointment of David Yeilding as Chief Financial Officer. Yeilding’s last role was at goeasy Ltd. where he spent nine years; most recently as goeasy’s Chief Financial Officer.

DIVERGENT Energy Services Corp. [CALGARY] (TSX-V: DVG) announced the appointment of Lance Mierendorf as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, replacing Scott Hamilton who left the company. Mierendorf currently serves as Chief Financial Officer for Bayshore Petroleum Corp., a position he has previously held at Wentworth Resources Limited and Sonoro Energy Ltd. (TSX-V: SNV). Mierendorf played an advisory role for Divergent in 2019, assisting the Board, management, and auditors in finalizing our 2018 year-end audited financial statements and 2019 interim financial statements.

The Flowr Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX-V: FLWR; OTC: FLWPF) announced that Irina Hossu will be joining the Company as its new Chief Financial Officer on March 29, 2020.  Current Chief Financial Officer, Alex Dann, will remain with the Company until the end of March 2020. Most recently, Hossu served as Vice President Finance, Corporate Payments & Emerging Markets of WEX.  Prior to WEX, she was Director of Finance at Revlon.  Additionally, Hossu has held senior finance roles at Molson Coors & Xerox Canada.

Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd. [TORONTO] (CSE: GLH, OTCQB: GLDFF) appointed the President of the Company, Stanley (“Stan”) Grissinger, as Interim CFO. Grissinger was named President of Golden Leaf Holdings in September 2019. Grissinger replaces the prior Interim CFO, Kate Koustareva.

Jubilee Gold Exploration Ltd. [Toronto] (TSX-V: JUB) announced the appointment of Keith Li as its Chief Financial Officer. Li is a finance professional with over 10 years of corporate accounting and audit experience.

Vanadium One Iron Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: VONE) announced the appointment of Alonso Sotomayor as Chief Financial Officer. Sotomayor will replace Jacques Arsenault who resigned to pursue other business interests. Sotomayor started his career in a mining-specific role with accounting firm McGovern Hurley LLP, followed by progressively senior roles in the Toronto Mining Groups at KPMG LLP and Deloitte Canada overseeing files on numerous Canadian listed mining companies. Since 2017, Sotomayor has held the position of Corporate Controller of Ascendant Resources Inc and as Corporate Controller of the Company since November 2019.

Duncan Park Holdings Corporation [Toronto] (OTC Pink: DCNPF) announced the appointment of Keith Li as its Chief Financial Officer. Li is a finance professional with over 10 years of corporate accounting and audit experience.

Rigel Technologies Inc. [Toronto] announced the appointment of Keith Li as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Li is a finance professional with over 10 years of corporate accounting and audit experience.

North American Helium Inc. [CALGARY] announced that Neil Burrows has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Neil has been with the Company as Controller for over two years and brings 30 years of progressively senior accounting and administrative experience with publicly traded resource companies.

Pure Energy Minerals Limited [Vancouver] (TSX-V: PE, OTCQB: PEMIF) announced the appointment of Ann Fehr as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Fehr has held part time officer positions for venture listed companies since 2009 and is the founder and president of Fehr & Associates. Fehr currently serves as CFO for two other TSX Venture listed corporations. Fehr replaces Frank Wells who has acted as Interim CFO since November of 2018.

Solar Alliance Energy Inc. [VANCOUVER, BC and KNOXVILLE, TN] (TSX-V: SOLR, OTC: SAENF) appointed Christina Wu to the role of Chief Financial Officer to replace Dan O’Brien.

Converge Technology Solutions Corp. [VANCOUVER and TORONTO] (TSX-V: CTS, OTCQX: CTSDF) announced that Chief Financial Officer Mary Anne Palangio will be leaving the Company effective April 1, 2020 to take a Chief Financial Officer position with the Canadian Securities Exchange, where she has served on the Board and as Chair of the Audit Committee, and that Ron Hinkle will become the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer on that date.  Ron is currently the US CFO of Converge and previously served as CFO of Converge subsidiary Corus 360.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending January 24, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Fleet Complete Stuart Olson Inc. Inscape
ZoomerMedia Limited Origin Gold Corporation White Metal Resources Corp.
Minsud Resources Corp.

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Cynthia Schyff

Fleet Complete [TORONTO] announced the appointment of its new CFO, Cynthia Schyff. Schyff is former CFO of Blue Ant Media.

Stuart Olson Inc. [CALGARY] (TSX: SOX) announced that its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Bharat Mahajan, has notified the Company of his decision to resign and that he has accepted a different position. The Company announced the appointment of Dean R. Beacon as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Beacon previously held the position on an interim basis from September 9, 2019 to January 8, 2020. Beacon is a senior executive with extensive work experience, including acting as a Chief Financial Officer of a public company. He was previously Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Canexus. He joined Canexus in 2012 as Treasurer and Director, Risk Management, and then became the Vice President Strategy, Risk and Business Development in 2014, before being appointed Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer in 2015. Prior to joining Canexus, Mr. Beacon held senior positions responsible for treasury, finance, risk management and marketing.

Inscape [HOLLAND LANDING, Ontario] (TSX: INQ) announced that Jon Szczur has joined the Company as Interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Aziz Hirji who left the company to pursue a new opportunity. Szczur most recently was Vice President of Finance at SMTC. Prior to SMTC, Mr. Szczur was Chief Financial Officer of Adeptron Technologies.

ZoomerMedia Limited [TORONTO] announced the appointment of Terence Chan to the position of Chief Financial Officer effective February 1, 2020. Chan served in senior finance roles in both the private and public sectors including Novartis Consumer Health, AstraZeneca Canada and, most recently, Health Shared Services Ontario. Chan aldo had media experience as director of finance for Astral Kids Television. Chan takes over the position from David Vickers who served as VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer for seven years, and has resigned effective January 31, 2020 in order to pursue other interests.

Origin Gold Corporation [MONTREAL] (TSX-V: OIC) announced that Deborah Battiston has been appointed as the chief financial officer and secretary of the Company. Battiston has over 25 years of financial management which includes public companies, mergers and acquisitions, tax, and financing. The appointment of Battiston follows Vatche Tchakmakian’s resignation as chief financial officer and secretary.

White Metal Resources Corp. [Thunder Bay, Ontario] (TSX-V: WHM) announced the resignation of Matt Witiluk as CFO. The Company is announced the appointment of CFO Nikolaos (Nick) S. Tsimidis. Tsimidis spent 6 years at KPMG. In 1993, Nick left KPMG to set up his own chartered accounting firm. Tsimidis is the CFO and the Principal Broker for Union Capital Management Inc. and the CFO of Haven Property Development Inc. He is also the chief financial officer and a director of Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSXV: MEK) and Bold Stroke Ventures (TSX: BSV.P).

Minsud Resources Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: MSR) announced that Paul Andersen has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company. Michael Johnston has replaced Andersen as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Johnston joined Forbes Andersen LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants in 2004 and became a partner in 2012. Johnston has over 12 years of experience with both private and public companies in various capacities, including that of Chief Financial Officer.