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CFO Moves Canada – week ending December 6, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Desjardins Roots Sierra Wireless
Repare Therapeutics NFI Group Inc. NorZinc Ltd.
Obsidian Energy Ltd. Rapid Dose Therapeutics Corp. Dalmac Energy Inc.
Organic Garage Ltd. Canadian Metals Inc. Harborside Inc.

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Desjardins [MONTREAL] announced that Réal Bellemare, formerly Executive Vice-President of Finance, Treasury and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, has been promoted to the role of Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Desjardins. Bellemare will also be serving as interim Executive Vice-President of Information Technology. Alain Leprohon has been appointed Executive Vice-President of Finance, Treasury and Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Leprohon has been with Desjardins Group since 2002, holding a variety of finance roles over the years. He most recently served as Vice-President of Finance.

Roots [TORONTO] (TSX: ROOT) announced that Mona Kennedy has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective by the end of Q1 fiscal 2020. Kennedy is assuming the Chief Financial Officer role from Meghan Roach, Managing Director at Searchlight Capital Partners, who has been acting as Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 9, 2019. Kennedy joins Roots from Indigo Books & Music Inc. where she was Vice President, Finance. Prior to indigo, she was at Maple Leaf Food Inc., where she spent more than a decade, and held increasingly senior roles in areas including corporate strategy, strategy execution and financial planning and analysis.

Sierra Wireless [VANCOUVER] (NASDAQ: SWIR, TSX: SW) announced that Dave McLennan has decided it is time to retire as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The Company expects to complete the transition by the middle of 2020.

Repare Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA and MONTREAL, QUEBEC] announced that Steve Forte is appointed as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Forte was CFO of Clementia Pharmaceuticals until its recent sale to Ipsen. His experience includes nearly a decade at Aptalis Pharma Inc., where he was responsible for the overall corporate controllership function. Prior to Clementia, Steve was CFO of Thinking Capital Financial Corporation.

NFI Group Inc. [WINNIPEG] (TSX: NFI) announced the selection of Pipasu H. Soni as NFI’s next Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).  Soni joins NFI as Executive Vice President, Finance in a transition role that will lead to him becoming Executive Vice President and CFO on or prior to March 30, 2020.  Soni will succeed Glenn Asham who is retiring after 28 years of service with the Company, fifteen of which were as CFO. Most recently, Pipasu served as an Officer of United States Steel Corporation in a variety of financial leadership roles including Vice President, Performance Management & Analytics, Vice President, Finance, and Interim CFO.  Prior to that, Pipasu held wide-ranging financial and strategy leadership roles in financial planning and analysis, global and divisional finance, business transformation, plant controllership, strategic planning, and corporate development at Pentair and Honeywell International. He began his career at Ingersoll-Rand in manufacturing and design engineering roles.

NorZinc Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: NZC; OTCQB: NORZF) announced the appointment of Peter Portka as Chief Financial Officer, to replace Trevor Cunningham, who will be leaving the Company to pursue new opportunities. Portka was most recently VP Finance of Quintana Resources Capital, a position he held since 2014. Prior to Quintana, Peter was Corporate Controller and Manager, Corporate Development at Sandstorm Gold Royalties.

Obsidian Energy Ltd. [CALGARY] (TSX: OBE, NYSE: OBE.BC) announced the appointment of Peter Scott as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing David Hendry. Scott’s most recent public company role was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lightstream Resources Ltd.

Rapid Dose Therapeutics Corp. [BURLINGTON, Ontario] (CSE: DOSE) announced that Ian Fodie, the current Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, has resigned with an ending date of December 10, 2019.  Effective December 11, 2019, Miles Nagamatsu will be re-joining the Corporation as the interim Chief Financial Officer.  Nagamatsu served as Chief Financial Officer of ACME Resources Inc., a predecessor corporation prior to the completion of that company’s reverse take-over transaction and business combination with Rapid Dose Therapeutics Inc.

Dalmac Energy Inc. [EDMONTON] (TSX-V: DAL) announced that Su Chun has resigned as the chief financial officer of Dalmac Energy Inc. John Babic, president and chief executive officer, will assume the responsibilities of chief financial officer on an interim basis.

Organic Garage Ltd. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: OG) announced that Nelson Lamb has been appointed as its new Chief Financial Officer. Since 2015, Lamb has been Manager of Accounting Services at PubCo Reporting Solutions. Lamb replaces Paul Mason, its previous Chief Financial Officer.

Canadian Metals Inc. [MONTRÉAL] (CSE: CME) announced the resignation of Patsie Ducharme as Chief Financial Officer.

Harborside Inc. [OAKLAND, CA and TORONTO, Ontario] (CSE: HBOR) announced that it has appointed Tom DiGiovanni as Chief Financial Officer. Keith Li will remain with the Company as the Vice President of Finance. DiGiovanni most recently was a founding partner and the CFO at Canndescent.  Prior to joining Canndescent, DiGiovanni served in multiple executive roles in finance and operations, including as CFO of Mainstream Energy.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending November 29, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Novoheart Holdings Inc. Monument Mining Limited NexGen Energy Ltd.
Red Pine Exploration Inc. CTT Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. Gravitas Financial Inc.
Outcrop Gold Corp.

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Novoheart Holdings Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: NVH) announced that Joseph Leung resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company. Camie Chan, Chief Operating Officer, will simultaneously serve as the Interim Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary during the transition.

Monument Mining Limited [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: MMY) announced the departure of Kelvin Lee, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and appointment of Cathy Zhai as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Zhai was previous CFO for the Company for more than 15 years, before being appointed as CEO and President of the Company on January 2, 2018.

NexGen Energy Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: NXE, NYSE MKT: NXE) announced that Bruce Sprague has tendered his resignation as Chief Financial Officer.  In the interim, Travis McPherson, Vice President – Corporate Development and Investor Relations, and Rheal Assie, Financial Controller will assume the Chief Financial Officer duties.

Red Pine Exploration Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: RPX) announced that Gregory Duras has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Duras held the position of CFO at several publicly traded companies, including Savary Gold Corp., Nordic Gold Corp and Avion Gold Corp. He is currently the CFO of Emerita Resources Ltd. Duras replaces Tara Gilfillan who served as Red Pine’s Chief Financial Officer since February 2018.

CTT Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. [HAMILTON, ON] (OTC: CTTH) announced that Robert (Bob) Allen has been appointed CFO. Allen has acted as both CFO and CEO to large public corporations, including Ainsworth Lumber and the TimberWest Forest Corporation.

Gravitas Financial Inc. [Toronto] (CSE: GFI) announced the appointment of Yongbiao Ding as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Outcrop Gold Corp. [Vancouver] (TSX-V: OCG) announced Alex Tong as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Tong, currently a consultant of Outcrop Gold Corp, will transition to CFO after a brief period during which current CFO Rakesh Patel completes the end of fiscal-year audited financials. Tong most recently held the position of Director of Finance at Lucara Diamond Corp. Prior to Lucara, Tong held senior finance roles at resource development public companies (including Energy Metals and NovaGold). Currently, Tong, serves as a partner and a co-founder of Calibre Capital Corp.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending November 22, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Civeo Corporation Generation Mining Limited Michelin Mining Corp.
Ayr Strategies Inc.

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Civeo Corporation [HOUSTON & CALGARY] (NYSE: CVEO) today announced that Carolyn J. Stone, currently the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Civeo. Frank C. Steininger will remain with Civeo until his retirement in March 2020. Prior to joining Civeo, Stone served as the CFO of Synagro Technologies Inc. Prior to Synagro, Ms. Stone served in multiple roles at Dynegy Inc., including Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she worked in the firm’s audit practice.

Generation Mining Limited [Toronto] (CSE: GENM) announced that Halina McGregor, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, passed away on Thursday November 14, 2019 in Toronto. Patricia Mannard, the current Vice-President – Finance, has been appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer.

Michelin Mining Corp. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: MICH) announced that Szascha Lim has been appointed as the Company’s CFO and Corporate Secretary. Winnie Wong resigned as CFO and Corporate Secretary.

Ayr Strategies Inc. [TORONTO] (CSE: AYR.A, OTCQX: AYRSF) promoted Brad Asher from controller to chief financial officer. Prior to Ayr, he was the vice president controller at a global ad-tech company. Asher began his career at KPMG, where he led teams across multiple sectors. Asher succeeds COO/Interim CFO Jennifer Drake, who will remain at Ayr Strategies in her role as COO.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending November 15, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Parkland Fuel Corporation Immersive Design Studios Pieridae Energy Limited
Horizon Petroleum Ltd.

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Parkland Fuel Corporation [CALGARY] (TSX: PKI) announced that Darren Smart has assumed the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) in addition to his current role as Parkland’s Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development. Mike McMillan, who has served as the company’s CFO since 2015 will be leaving the company. Smart joined Parkland in 2014. Prior to joining Parkland, Darren was a Portfolio Manager at Teachers’ Private Capital.

Immersive Design Studios [MONTREAL] announced the hiring of Timothy Leyne as Chief Financial Officer. Leyne brings a diverse financial background to Immersive, with experience in banking, mergers and acquisitions, investing, and startup growth. As a banker, he was a founding member of Lazard’s Canadian office and later held senior management roles at Alcan and Rio Tinto where he oversaw strategic mergers and acquisitions. At PSP Investments, he established a multi-billion-dollar investment portfolio and, most recently, he held leadership roles with top Canadian startups Agendize and Bus.com.

Pieridae Energy Limited [CALGARY] (TSX-V: PEA) announced the appointment of Rob Dargewitcz as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company. Dargewitcz has been interim CFO of Pieridae since August 2019, having previously been Senior Vice President of Finance and Risk Management. Dargewitcz has over 20 years of experience in the Energy sector including five years prior to Pieridae as Treasurer of North West Redwater Partnership (“NWRP”). Prior to NWRP, Rob spent 15 years with Shell where he had several positions over the years including: Senior Manager of Mergers, Acquisitions & Commercial Finance; Treasurer; Business Manager – Foothills Gas; Senior Economist – Oil Sands; and various other financial positions in all four divisions of Shell including Upstream, Downstream, Oil Sands, and Corporate.

Horizon Petroleum Ltd. [CALGARY] (TSX-V: HPL) announced that Matt Janisch has resigned from his role as Interim CFO and Director.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending November 8, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) Union Luminares & Décor
Relevium Technologies Inc. Sunniva Inc. MediPharm Labs Corp.
Zonetail Inc. Radisson Mining Resources Inc. Solaris Copper Inc.
Mojave Jane Brands

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Maple Leaf Foods Inc. [MISSISSAUGA, ON] (TSX: MFI) named Geert Verellen its new Chief Financial Officer, effective January 6, 2020. Verellen joins Maple Leaf Foods from Walmart where he served as Regional Chief Financial Officer for Walmart Canada, India and Japan. Before joining Walmart in 2015, he held various finance roles at Delhaize Group, and subsequently became CFO for its Belgian operations.  Prior to that, Verellen was Investor Relations Officer and spokesperson for Delhaize Group. Before joining food retail, for eight years, he also served as an audit manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Belgium and the United States. Verellen will succeed Debbie Simpson, who served as the company’s CFO since 2014.  She announced in August that she would leave the company November 1.

The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) [CALGARY] announced the appointment of Cheryl McGillivray as Chief Accountant and Chief Financial Officer. McGillivray joined the ASC in 2006 and shortly thereafter was promoted to Manager, Corporate Finance. Prior to joining the ASC, Ms. McGillivray held various senior financial leadership positions in the private sector, for public and private issuers.

Union Luminares & Décor [MONTREAL] announced the appointment of Kathy Kerr as Chief Financial Officer. Kerr previously held senior financial positions in the manufacturing, distribution and the apparel industries.

Relevium Technologies Inc. [MONTREAL] (TSX-V: RLV; OTCQB: RLLVF) announced the appointment of Mark Billings as Chief Financial Officer for both Relevium and Biocannabix Health Corporation. Billings replaces Faycal Salek who has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Billings has founded and managed companies in the junior resource sector, where he acted as CEO, CFO and board member. Billings serves on the board of several publicly traded resource companies in Canada and abroad.

Sunniva Inc. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: SNN; OTCQB: SNNVF) announced Dave Lyle, Chief Financial Officer has resigned as an officer, effective November 1st, for personal reasons. The Company’s Global Controller, David Weinmann, has been appointed to Interim CFO. Prior to joining Sunniva, he worked for Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Accriva Diagnostics, and Ambit Biosciences.  He has spent the past few years consulting for companies within the start up, transition, and transaction phase, this includes, ACEA Biosciences, Inc., Ametek, Inc., and Robo3D Limited.

MediPharm Labs Corp. [BARRIE, Ontario] (TSX: LABS; OTCQX: MEDIF) announced Robert (Bobby) Kwon will join MediPharm Labs as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 18, 2019. Christopher Hobbs, the Company’s current CFO will continue to serve on the Board of MediPharm Labs. Most recently, Kwon served as the Senior Vice President of George Weston Ltd. (Weston Group). Prior to Weston Group, Bobby held a number of senior finance and corporate roles at Unilever including Chief Financial Officer, Canada. Previously, Bobby was Director of Finance at Janssen-Ortho Inc.

Zonetail Inc. [Toronto] (TSX-V: ZONE) announced the appointment of Errol Farr to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Farr currently is CFO and Corporate Secretary of Magna Terra Minerals Inc., former CFO of Anaconda Mining Inc., former President and CEO of Adex Mining Inc., and former CFO of MagIndustries Corp. Farr is also currently the Performance Mentor at a private industrial tape converter.

Radisson Mining Resources Inc. [ROUYN-NORANDA, Quebec]  (TSX-V: RDS, OTC: RMRDF) announced it has appointed Rahul Paul, as Chief Financial Officer. Paul began his capital markets career in 2006 when he joined the equity research team at Westwind Partners. He was more recently Director, Research – Precious Metals at Canaccord Genuity, where he covered small/intermediate gold producers and developers for almost 10 years.

Solaris Copper Inc. [VANCOUVER] announced the appointment of Linda Chang as Chief Financial Officer. Chang has worked with the Augusta Group since June 2010. She previously served as Corporate Controller for Arizona Mining and Director of Finance for Titan Mining.

Mojave Jane Brands [TORONTO] (CSE: JANE, OTC: HHPHF) announced that Cam Birge has been appointed as Interim CFO, succeeding Fiona Fitzmaurice, who has resigned from the Company to pursue other opportunities.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending November 1, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Sandspring Resources Ltd. BC Moly Ltd. Aurora Solar Technologies Inc.
Namaste Technologies Inc.

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Sandspring Resources Ltd. [DENVER AND VANCOUVER, British Columbia] (TSX-V: SSP, OTCQX: SSPXF) appointed Bassam Moubarak as Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2019. Moubarak has also been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Most recently Moubarak was CFO of Lithium X Energy Corp. Prior to this Moubarak was CFO of Goldrock Mines Corp. He was Chief Financial Officer of Petaquilla Minerals Ltd.

BC Moly Ltd. [VANCOUVER] announced that Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary Jimmy Mah has left the Company to pursue other interests. Edward Yurkowski will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company.

Aurora Solar Technologies Inc. [North Vancouver] (TSX-V: ACU) announced the appointment of Susan Pan as Chief Financial Officer and Controller, replacing Viktoriya Griffin in this role. Pan brings two decades of international experience to her role. She started her career with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, the biggest energy company in China, and was later with Siemens Ltd. in China. Recently, she has held positions as Financial Controller for HTEC: Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corporation and for Nano One Materials Corporation.

Namaste Technologies Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: N, OTCMKTS: NXTTF) announced the appointment of Annie Holmes as chief financial officer. Holmes has held the position of chief financial officer for a number of private companies and senior financial roles with publicly traded Smart Employee Benefits Inc. and Katanga Mining Inc.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending October 25, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

 

Quarterhill Inc. Golden Star Resources Ltd. Obsidian Energy Ltd.
Waseco Resources Inc. Gunpowder Capital Corp. Sernova Corp.
Dealer-FX

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Quarterhill Inc. [KITCHENER, ON] (TSX: QTRH, NASDAQ: QTRH) appointed David Cortens, as Quarterhill’s interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Shaun McEwan, Quarterhill’s outgoing CFO, will remain with the Company until the end of 2019. Prior to this announcement he has been the CFO at International Road Dynamics (“IRD”), a position he has held since 2012. Prior to joining IRD, Cortens has had significant public company experience having acted as CFO for various public companies including Novozymes BioAg Limited and C.M. Oliver Inc.

Golden Star Resources Ltd. [TORONTO] (NYSE American: GSS; TSX: GSC) announced that it plans to close its Toronto office by April 30, 2020 and that its executive team will be located in London, England.  André van Niekerk, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided not to accept the offer to move to London and expects to leave the Company by April 30, 2020.

Obsidian Energy Ltd. [CALGARY] (TSX: OBE, NYSE: OBE.BC) announced that David Hendry, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) has submitted his resignation, effective November 15, 2019 to pursue another opportunity.

Waseco Resources Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: WRI) announced that James (Jay) Richardson has resigned as CFO to pursue other interests. Richard Williams, CEO, will act as interim CFO.

Gunpowder Capital Corp. [Toronto] (CSE: GPC, OTCQB: GNPWF) announced that it has appointed Evelin Wong as the Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer. Wong joined Gunpowder Capital Corp., as the Corporation’s financial controller back in Q2 of fiscal 2016. Prior to her joining Gunpowder Capital Corp., Wong worked in public accounting as an Auditor for eleven years.

Sernova Corp. [LONDON AND ONTARIO, CA] (TSX-V: SVA, OTCQB: SEOVF) announced that David Swetlow has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Swetlow held various senior management, board, and advisory roles for companies, including multiple TSX and Nasdaq listed biotech companies amongst them QLT Inc. and Protox Therapeutics Inc. Swetlow replaced Sernova’s outgoing CFO, Sean Hodgins.

Dealer-FX [TORONTO] announced the appointment of George Kypreos as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Dealer-FX, George served as CFO at Fleet Complete.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending October 18, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Vecima Networks Inc. Centric Health Corporation Redline Communications Group Inc.
Greenlane Renewables Inc. Freckle Ltd. North Bud Farms Inc.
MJardin Group, Inc. Mount Logan Capital Inc. TransCanna Holdings Inc.
Esstra Industries Inc. Matica Enterprises Inc.

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Vecima Networks Inc. [VICTORIA] (TSX: VCM) announced that John Hanna will be resigning from his position as the company’s Chief Financial Officer effective October 25, 2019 to accept a senior executive role with another organization. Dale Booth, Vecima’s Vice-President of Finance, has been appointed to succeed Hanna as Chief Financial Officer effective October 26, 2019. Prior to joining Vecima, Dale served as Vice President Finance and Corporate Controller of the Yanke Group of Companies, as Chief Financial Officer of the Transall Group of Companies, and in increasingly senior financial positions with Trimac Transportation. He also served with KPMG for five years.

Centric Health Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX: CHH) announced the appointment of Andrew Mok as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mok has served as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer since November 2018. Mok joined the Company in 2017, serving as Senior Director, Finance before becoming Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Centric Health, he worked at Ernst & Young LLP.

Redline Communications Group Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: RDL) announced that Joan Ritchie has decided to resign from her position as Chief Financial Officer of the Company for personal reasons, effective November 12, 2019. Ritchie joined the Company in 2011 and was appointed Interim CFO in September 2017 and CFO in March 2018. Philip Jones will succeed Ritchie as Chief Financial Officer. Jones brings over 15 years of experience as a CFO, most recently with Maru Group, Mundo Media, and Leonardo Worldwide Corporation.

Greenlane Renewables Inc. [BURNABY, British Columbia] (TSX-V: GRN) announced the appointment of Lynda Freeman as Chief Financial Officer. Freeman has held progressively senior financial leadership roles, including five years as CFO of TSX-listed Alterra Power Corp. Lynda began her professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she spent ten years, based in three different countries (the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada) in the audit practice working with both public and rate regulated companies. Freeman replaces Mike Ligget.

Freckle Ltd. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: FRKL) announced that it has appointed Andrew Elinesky as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Elinesky served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President of McEwen Mining Inc. Elinesky will replace Sean Homuth, Freckle’s current fractional CFO.

North Bud Farms Inc. [TORONTO] (CSE: NBUD, OTCQB: NOBDF) announced the appointment of Sean Homuth as Acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Homuth was Chief Financial Officer at Orezone Gold Corporation (and Vice President, Finance and Administration for its predecessor company, Orezone Resources Inc.). Homuth replaces Brendan Stutt as CFO.

MJardin Group, Inc. [TORONTO AND DENVER] (CSE: MJAR, OTCQX: MJARF) announced the appointment of Edward Jonasson, effective November 1, 2019. Jonasson was Vice President Finance and Group Corporate Controller at The Stars Group Inc. Jonasson also held senior finance positions at Open Text Corporation and DWL Incorporated.

Mount Logan Capital Inc. [TORONTO] (NEO: MLC) announced that Dave Guebert has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company. Edward Gilpin has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Gilpin serves as the Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of Portman Ridge Finance Corp. Mr. Gilpin has worked at Portman Ridge (formerly known as KCAP Financial, Inc.) since June 2012. Prior to joining Portman Ridge, Gilpin served as the Chief Financial Officer at Associated Renewable Inc., and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ram Holdings, Ltd. Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of ACA Capital Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining ACA Capital, Gilpin was Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group at Prudential Securities, Inc.’s investment banking division.

TransCanna Holdings Inc. [Vancouver] (CSE: TCAN) appointed Michelle Pillon as chief financial officer, replacing Greg Ball.

Esstra Industries Inc. [Vancouver] (TSXV: ESS) announced that David Atkinson, a current director of Esstra, has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Atkinson is the current President and CEO of Earthworks Industries Inc. Atkinson succeeds Sharon Lewis as Chief Financial Officer.

Matica Enterprises Inc. [TORONTO] (CSE: MMJ, OTCQB: MMJFF) announced that George A. Brown has taken early retirement for personal and health reasons and has resigned as Director and Chief Financial Officer. Gurcharn Deol, Director of Matica will act as interim CFO.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending October 11, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Marathon Gold Corporation Rigel Technologies Inc. Duncan Park Holdings Corporation
Hey Bryan Media Inc. eQube Gaming Limited

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Marathon Gold Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX: MOZ) announced the appointment of Hannes Portmann as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently (2008 to 2018) he was employed by New Gold Inc. in a series of progressively more senior roles including Executive Vice President, Business Development and, ultimately, President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to New Gold, he was a member of the Merrill Lynch investment banking mining group (2006 to 2008) and the assurance and advisory practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2002 to 2006).

Rigel Technologies Inc. [Toronto] announced the appointment of Hasan Zaidi as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Zaidi is also currently the CFO of Duncan Park Holdings Corporation. Prior to joining Rigel, Zaidi worked for several publicly held and private companies, most recently at a leading real estate and asset management company. Zaidi will succeed John Langmuir, who has served as the Company’s CFO since January 2019.

Duncan Park Holdings Corporation [Toronto] announced the appointment of Hasan Zaidi, as its Chief Financial Officer. Zaidi is also currently the CFO of Rigel Technologies Inc. Prior to joining Duncan Park, Zaidi worked for several publicly held and private companies, most recently at a leading real estate and asset management company. Zaidi will succeed John Langmuir, who has served as the Company’s CFO since January 2019.

Hey Bryan Media Inc. [Vancouver] (CSE: HEY) announced the appointment of Blair Jordan as Chief Financial Officer. Jordan spent five years as Managing Director, Investment Banking at Echelon Wealth Partners, and another nine years at Credit Suisse. He also worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Bennett Jones. Jordan replaces Rick Huang.

eQube Gaming Limited [Edmonton] (TSXV: EQG) appointed Sandra Johnston, the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending October 4, 2019

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

HEXO Corp. Absolute Cordy Oilfield Services Inc.
Nabis Holdings Inc. Vibe Bioscience Ltd. UrbanGold Minerals Inc.
City View Green Holdings Inc. Gunpowder Capital Corp. Crystal Lake Mining Corporation

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HEXO Corp. [GATINEAU, Quebec] (TSX: HEXO, NYSE:HEXO) announced that the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Michael Monahan, has made the decision to resign. Stephen Burwash, who is currently Vice-President of Strategic Finance for the Company, has accepted the role of Chief Financial Officer.

Absolute [VANCOUVER] (TSX: ABT) announced that Errol Olsen, Chief Financial Officer will be leaving Absolute for personal reasons. Olsen is expected to remain in his role until the end of calendar 2019 and to provide additional transitional support after that as needed.

Cordy Oilfield Services Inc. [CALGARY] (TSX-V: CKK) announced that Luke Caplette has resigned as Cordy’s Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities. Darrick Evong, ‎Cordy’s Chief Executive Officer, will carry out the role of Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis.

Nabis Holdings Inc. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: NAB, OTC: NABIF) announced that it has appointed Nicole Rusaw as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Rusaw has over 15 years of experience working with public biopharma and pharma companies trading on both the TSX and NASDAQ.

Vibe Bioscience Ltd. [CALGARY] (CSE: VIBE) announced that it has appointed Michal Holub as Chief Financial Officer. Holub’s leadership experience includes roles as the Chief Financial Officer and co-founder of Croverro Energy Ltd., as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Serrano Energy Ltd., and as the Controller and Corporate Secretary at RedStar Oil & Gas Inc. Mr. Holub also served as a Senior Manager with BDO Dunwoody LLP. Holub joins the Company following the resignation of Ryan Mercier.

UrbanGold Minerals Inc. [Ottawa] (TSX-V: UGM) announced that Vatche Tchakmakian has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Tchakmakian is specialized in the field of public companies and securities regulations in Canada. He has been an officer of several publicly listed companies in the mineral sector having operations in Canada and Latin America. Tchakmakian will be replacing Sabino Di Paola who has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Di Paola will remain a Director of the Company.

City View Green Holdings Inc. (CSE: CVGR, OTCQB: CVGRF) appointed Eric Myung to act as its CFO. Myung is a senior financial analyst at Marrelli Support Services Inc. Myung served as CFO for several TSX Venture Exchange companies. Previously, Mr. Myung worked at a public accounting firm focused on small and medium business for seven years. Myung succeeds Mr. Joseph Heng, who has served as the Company’s CFO since November 2014.

Gunpowder Capital Corp. [Toronto] (CSE: GPC, OTCQB: GNPWF) announced the resignation of Paul Haber as CFO of the Corporation. In the interim the Corporation has appointed Frank Kordy to serve as the CFO of the Corporation on an interim basis. Kordy previously served as the Corporation’s CFO from March 4th, 2015 to December 8th, 2015 and he currently also serves as the Interim CFO of Meryllion Resources Corp. and of Advantagewon Oil Corp.

Crystal Lake Mining Corporation [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: CLM, OTC: SIOCF) appointed Brian Moore as CFO and a director of the Company. Moore replaces Alphonse Ruggiero in the position who has stepped down as CFO of the Company. Mr. Ruggiero will remain as a member of the Board. Moore has been providing taxation, accounting, and business advisory services since 1979, establishing his own firm in 1986, and co-founded TurnerMoore LLP in 1994.